Academics
Beaver Area School District was ranked 52nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2012. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing, mathematics and science. The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs. The achievement in Beaver Area School District was ranked the highest among the 14 public schools districts in Beaver County .
- 2011 - 39th
- 2010 - 55th
- 2009 - 81st
- 2008 - 65th
- 2007 - 56th out of 501 school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Beaver Area School District ranked 202nd. In 2011, the district was 166th. The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."
Beaver Area School District was ranked 18th out of 105 Western Pennsylvania School Districts, in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the annual Pennsylvania System of School Assessments for math, reading, writing and science.
- 2011 - 13th
- 2010 - 18th
- 2009 - 21st In 2008 the school district also ranked 21st.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Beaver Area School District was in the 94th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
In 2010 and 2011, Beaver Area School District achieved AYP status. In 2011, 94 percent of the 500 Pennsylvania Public School Districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math. In 2011, 46.9 percent of Pennsylvania school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance. An additional 37.8 percent of school districts made AYP based on a calculated method called safe harbor, 8.2 percent on the growth model and 0.8 percent on a two-year average performance.
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