East Juniata Junior/Senior High School

In 2013, East Juniata Junior Senior High School was 94.5%. In 2012, East Juniata Junior Senior High School's graduation rate was 92%.[5]

• 2011 - 95%
• 2010 - 96%[6]

2013 School Performance Profile

East Juniata Junior Senior High School achieved 70.4 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature - 71.79% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 66% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 52% showed on grade level science understanding.[7]

AYP status history

In 2012, East Juniata Junior Senior High School declined to Warning Adequate Yearly Progress status.[8] In both 2011 and 2010, East Juniata Junior/Senior High School achieved AYP status under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[9]

PSSA Results

PSSAs are NCLB related examinations which were administered from 2003 through 2012. In 2013, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania changed its high school assessments to the Keystone Exams in Algebra 1, Reading/literature and Biology1. The exams are given at the end of the course, rather than all in the spring of the student's 11th grade year.

11th Grade Reading

• 2012 - 77% on grade level (10% below basic). State - 67%[10]
• 2011 - 62% (17% below basic). State - 69.1% [11]
• 2010 - 52% (30% below basic). State - 66% [12]
• 2009 - 69% (19% below basic). State - 65%
• 2008 - 66% (14% below basic). State - 65%
• 2007 - 64% (17% below basic). State - 65%

11th Grade Math

• 2012 - 55% on grade level (22% below basic). State - 59%[13]
• 2011 - 55%, (24% below basic). State - 60.3%
• 2010 - 53%, (21% below basic). State - 59% [14]
• 2009 - 52% (22% below basic). State - 56% [15]
• 2008 - 64% (23% below basic). State - 56%
• 2007 - 39% (36% below basic). State - 53%

11th Grade Science

• 2012 - 48% on grade level (11% below basic). State - 42% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2011 - 28% (28% below basic). State - 40%[16]
• 2010 - 26% (19% below basic). State - 39%
• 2009 - 35% (15% below basic). State - 40%
• 2008 - 43% (44% below basic). State - 39% [17]

Science in Motion East Juniata Junior Senior High School took advantage of a state program called Science in Motion which brought college professors and sophisticated science equipment to the school to raise science awareness and to provide inquiry-based experiences for the students. The Science in Motion program was funded by a state appropriation and cost the school nothing to participate.[18] Susquehanna University provided the science enrichment experiences to schools in the region.

8th Grade Science

• 2011 - 54% on grade level (13% below basic). State - 58.3% of 8th graders were on grade level.
• 2010 - 64% (25% below basic), State - 57%
• 2009 - 69% (14% below basic), State - 55%
• 2008 - 61% (13% below basic), State - 50%

In 2013, East Juniata Junior Senior High School students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 540. The Math average score was 551. The Writing average score was 507.[19] The College Board reported that statewide scores were: 494 in reading, 504 in math and 482 in writing. The nationwide SAT results were the same as in 2012.[20]

In 2012, 41 East Juniata Junior Senior High School students took the SAT exams. The District's Verbal Average Score was 498. The Math average score was 511. The Writing average score was 473. The statewide Verbal SAT exams results were: Verbal 491, Math 501, Writing 480. In the USA, 1.65 million students took the exams achieving scores: Verbal 496, Math 514, Writing 488. According to the College Board the maximum score on each section was 800, and 360 students nationwide scored a perfect 2,400.

In 2011, 34 East Juniata Junior Senior High School students took the SAT exams. The school's Verbal Average Score was 477. The Math average score was 508. The Writing average score was 487.[21] Pennsylvania ranked 40th among state with SAT scores: Verbal - 493, Math - 501, Writing - 479.[22] 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.[23]

All students graduating from East Juninata[24] must earn 23 credits as well as complete a graduation project in order to graduate.

The school comes complete with a state-of-the-art library[26] containing over 10,000 Fiction and Non-Fiction books. World Book and Britannica Encyclopedias, Electronic resource access (World Book Online & POWER Library, nine student computers five nocal newspapers, three specialty newspapers and over 50 magazine subscriptions.

The Juniata County School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and sports at East Juniata Junior Senior High School. Eligibility to participate is set by school board policies.[27][28]

By Pennsylvania law, all K-12 students in the district, including those who attend a private nonpublic school, cyber charter school, charter school and those home schooled, are eligible to participate in the extracurricular programs including all athletics. They must meet the same eligibility rules as the students enrolled in the district's schools.[29][30][31]

Effective with the 2011-12 school year, students must pay a $250 fee (in advance) to participate in athletics. Booster clubs are responsible for funding all costs for a sport that is not covered by the athletic fee.[32]