Academic Achievement
In 2012, Boyertown Area School District was ranked 106th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing math 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.
- 2011 - 93rd
- 2010 - 88th
- 2009 - 91st of 498 districts.
- 2008 - 109th
- 2007 - 121st of 501 school districts
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students at the district ranked 84th percentile among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
- District AYP status history
In 2011 and 2012, Boyertown Area School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). 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 Pennsylvania public 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. Boyertown Area School District achieved AYP status each year from 2004 to 2010, while in 2003 Boyertown Area School District was in Warning status due to lagging student achievement.
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