North Allegheny Intermediate High School
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350 Cumberland Road Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Coordinates: 40°34′15″N 80°01′53″W / 40.570728°N 80.031514°W United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | "Great Expectations...The Best Is Yet To Come" |
| Established | 1960 (building-as senior high), 1974 (as NAI) |
| School district | North Allegheny School District |
| Faculty | 93 |
| Grades | 9–10 |
| Number of students | 1,298 |
| • Grade 9 | 696 |
| • Grade 10 | 699 |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Athletics | WPIAL (AAAA), |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Website | North Allegheny Intermediate High School |
North Allegheny Intermediate High School (NAI) is a suburban high school in the North Allegheny School District located in McCandless, Pennsylvania, a community north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is one of two high schools in the district and serves grades 9 and 10. In 2013, North Allegheny Intermediate High School enrollment was 1,395 pupils, with 4% of pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. According to a state report 100% of the teachers were rated highly qualified under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the North Allegheny Intermediate High School reported an enrollment of 1,298 pupils in grades 9th and 10th, with 54 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school employed 93 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 13:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of its teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.
In 2007, the ethnic breakdown among the school population was 91.4% Caucasian, 6.3% Asian/Pacific Islander, 1.5% African American, and 0.7% Hispanic.
The school building has six letter-coded sloping hallways, each based on the numbers of the rooms in that hallway, such as E hallway having rooms in the 50's, each with a mural produced by the art department, and a newer front wing built during a renovation in 1998. The building originally housed North Allgheny Senior High School (NASH) but assumed its current role in 1974 when the senior high school was moved to its current Wexford campus. Before 1974, the intermediate high school was located in what is now Carson Middle School, one of the middle schools in North Allegheny, which is now right above the hill from NAI.
North Allegheny Intermediate High School achieved 90.6 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 95% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 90% demonstrated on grade level skills with 56.84% showing advanced achievement. In Biology, 69% showed on grade level science understanding. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher. Pennsylvania 11th grade students no longer take the PSSAs. Instead, they now take the Keystone Exams at the end of the associated course.
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