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Schools in New Castle Township

New Castle Township’s public schools

St. Clair Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/1schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2020’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
46%
2021–22
Math proficiency
36%
2021–22
Spent per student
$17.4K
▼ 20% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.4
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
547 students on the public path
In brief

New Castle Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of New Castle Township’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Saint Clair Area El/MS places highest (better than 35%); Saint Clair Area El/MS lowest (35%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2020; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in New Castle Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Saint Clair Area El/MSin Saint ClairC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the St. Clair Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

St. Clair Area School DistrictGrades K–8 · 1 schools · 547 students, up 7% since 2020–21 · 12.4 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$17,378PA $21,758 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading46%
State average 55.1% · 366 students tested
Math36%
State average 36.1% · 367 students tested

New Castle Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share New Castle Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Castle Township—St. Clair Area
CassCMinersville Area
ButlerC+North Schuylkill
NorwegianC+Pottsville Area

Every school in New Castle Township

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving New Castle Townshipin other towns
Saint Clair Area El/MS
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Saint Clair
C+
547 students12:1Rate it →

Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Schuylkill Technology Centers-North Campus).

Questions about New Castle Township’s schools

Are New Castle Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Castle Township. St. Clair Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Castle Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Castle Township in?

St. Clair Area School District.

Where do New Castle Township kids go to high school?

Saint Clair Area El/MS.

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What New Castle Township families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2020) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.