Academic Achievement
Blairsville-Saltsburg School District was ranked 243rd out of 498 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 reading, writing, mathematics and science PSSAs. The reading and math PSSAs are given each year to students in grades 3rd through eighth and 11th grades. Science PSSAs are given to 4th graders, 8th graders and 11th grade students.
- 2011 - 223rd
- 2010 - 184th
- 2009 - 146th
- 2008 - 149th
- 2007 - 178th out of 501 school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Blairville-Saltsburg School District ranked 80th. The paper 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."
- 2011 - 70th
- 2010 - 18th
- 2009 - 55th
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Blairsville-Saltsburg School District was in the 55th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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