Clearfield Area High School is a public high school located near the village of Hyde, Pennsylvania

Hyde, Pennsylvania

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. The high school serves students from most of central and north central Clearfield County. The school's mascot

Mascot

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 is the bison, modeled after the American Bison

American Bison

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. The school is part of the Clearfield Area School District

Clearfield Area School District

The Clearfield Area School District is a rural, public school district. It is located within the central and northern portion of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania...

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Graduation Rate

In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pennsylvania Department of Education

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 issued a new, 4 year cohort graduation rate. Clearfield Area School District's rate was 74% for 2010.

• 2010 - 84%
• 2009 - 85%
• 2008 - 89%
• 2007 - 87%

Academic Achievement

In 2010, the high school has declined to Corrective Action I due to chronic, low student academic achievement. In 2009, the high school was in Making Progress: in School Improvement II level which required the school's administration to develop a plan to improve student achievement.

PSSA Results:
11th Grade Reading

• 2010 - 64% on grade level, In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders on grade level.
• 2009 - 65%, State - 65%
• 2008 - 59%, State - 65%
• 2007 - 61%, State - 65%

11th Grade Math

• 2010 - 49% on grade level. (24% below basic). In Pennsylvania 59% of 11th graders were on grade level.
• 2009 - 55% (23% below basic), State - 56%
• 2008 - 48%, State - 56%
• 2007 - 47%, State - 53%

11th Grade Science:

• 2010 - 39% on grade level, In Pennsylvania, 40% of 11th graders on grade level.
• 2009 - 32%, State - 40%
• 2008 - 31%, State - 39%

College remediation rate

According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 9% of Clearfield Area School District 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

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 or community colleges. Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduates in three years. Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education

Pennsylvania Department of Education

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, 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.

Dual enrollment

The high school offers a Dual Enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. Students remain enrolled at their high school. The courses count towards high school graduation requirements and towards earning a college degree. The students continue to have full access to activities at their high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. Mount Aloysius College and Penn Highlands Community College are open to the students. The state offers a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books. Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.

For the 2009-10 funding year, the school district received a state grant of $5,510 for the program.

Graduation requirements

The Clearfield Area School Board has determined that a high school student must earn 24.50 credits in order to graduate, including: English 4 credits, Social Studies

Social studies

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 3.5 credits, Mathematics 4 credits, Science 3 credits, Driver Ed. Theory .25 credits, Physical Education 2 credits, Life 101 0.25, Health 0.5 credit, Computer 0.50 credit and 6.5 elective credits.

By law, all Pennsylvania secondary school students must complete a project as a part of their eligibility to graduate from high school. The type of project, its rigor and its expectations are set by the individual school district.

By Pennsylvania School Board regulations, for the graduating classes of 2016, students must demonstrate successful completion of secondary level course work in Algebra I, Biology

Biology

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, English Composition, and Literature

Literature

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for which the Keystone Exams serve as the final course exams. Students’ Keystone Exam scores count for at least one-third of the final course grade.

Alma mater

"Here's to the praise of Clearfield High.

Here's to its girls and boys.

Here's to the time that's passing by,

Here's to our student joys.

Here's to the school we hold so dear,

Here's to the friendly tie.

Here's to the days of song and cheer,

Here's to old Clearfield High!

Oh Clearfield High, Dear Clearfield High.

Thy praise we love to sing;

The songs and cheers as victory nears.

Through field and hall will ring.

The time will come when songs will fade,

When cheers will die away.

But Clearfield High, we still will hail,

While memory holds her sway,

But Clearfield High, we still will hail,

While memory holds her sway.