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The Northwest Area School District (NASD) is a public school district in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.〔 The Northwest Rangers, named after their mascot, the Ranger,〔 are comprised from the boroughs of New Columbus and Shickshinny, as well as the townships of Hunlock, Union, Huntington and Fairmount. (A map of the district ) The student body is separated into a primary, intermediate and junior/senior high school. The NASD encompasses approximately 117 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,172. In 2009, the residents' per capita income was $16,665 while the median family income was $42,524.〔''American Fact Finder'', US Census Bureau, 2010〕 The Northwest Area School District formerly contained three elementary schools that contributed to the student body of the Northwest Area High School. These schools were Huntington Mills Elementary School, Hunlock Township Elementary School and F.L. Garrison Memorial Elementary School.〔(City-Data.com ) Revised March 13, 2009〕 At the end of the 2009–2010 school year, the Garrison Elementary School was closed and the remaining two elementary schools were renamed and the students re-distributed between them. The new school names are the Northwest Area Primary School and Northwest Area Intermediate School. The high school retained its former name, The Northwest Area Junior/Senior High School.〔 The district had approximately 1,312 students in grades K-12 in 2010. Enrollment has been projected, by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, to decline by over 300 by 2020〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Pennsylvania Department of Education )〕 ==Academic achievement== Northwest Area School District was ranked 379th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the ''Pittsburgh Business Times''. This ranking was based on student academic performance based on the PSSAs for reading, writing, mathematics and two years of science.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Ranking Information 2011 )〕 *2010 – 347th 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll. )〕 *2009 – 293rd *2008 – 266th *2007 – 236th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.〔(Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County,'' Pittsburgh Business Times'', May 23, 2007 )〕 In 2009, the academic achievement of the pupils in the district was in the 11th percentile among Pennsylvanian's 500 school districts. Scale (0–99; 100 is state best) 〔(Northwest Area School District 2009 PSSA RESULTS )〕 Graduation rate *2010 – 95% 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northwest Area School District Report Card 2010 data table )〕 *2009 – 92% *2008 – 96% 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Northwest Area School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2008 )〕 *2007 – 95% 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Pennsylvania High School Graduation Rates report, )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northwest Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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