Hopewell High School (Pennsylvania)

Hopewell High School
Hopewell Vikings athletic logo
Address
1215 Longvue Ave Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Beaver County 15001 United States
Information
School type	Secondary
School district	Hopewell Area School District
Superintendent	Charles M. Reina
Principal	Michael E. Allison
Enrollment	836 (2010)
• Grade 9	197 (2010-11)
• Grade 10	217
• Grade 11	232
• Grade 12	208
• Other	Enrollment projected to be 700 in 2019
Color(s)	Blue & Gold
Mascot	Vikings
Feeder schools	Hopewell Memorial Junior High School
Information	724-375-6691
Website	Hopewell High School

Hopewell High School is a high school in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The township is served by the Aliquippa, Pennsylvania post office, accounting for the mailing address. Hopewell High School is located at 1215 Longvue Avenue, Aliquippa. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, Hopewell High School reported an enrollment of 901 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 192 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch.

The high school employed 56 teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of 16:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 3 teachers were rated "Non‐Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.

In 2011, the graduation rate was 97%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Hopewell Senior High School's rate was 94% for 2010.

In 2010 and 2011, Hopewell High School achieved AYP status.

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From January to June 2011, 151 Hopewell Area School District students took the SAT exams. The district's Verbal Average Score was 473. The Math average score was 504. The Writing average score was 462. Pennsylvania ranked 40th among states with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479. In the United States 1.65 million students took the exam in 2011. They averaged 497 (out of 800) verbal, 514 math and 489 in writing.

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 26% of the Hopewell High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.