Academic Achievement
In 2011, the school district ranked 141st of 498 Pennsylvania school district. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and three years of science.
- 2010 - 200th
- 2009 - 222nd
- 2008 - 319th out of 498 ranked Pennsylvania school districts.
- 2007 - 370th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2010, California Area School District ranked 52nd in student achievement among western Pennsylvania schools. The district was ranked 55th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2009 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The PBT ranking was based on three years of student academic achievement on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and one year of science.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of the California Area School DIstrict was in the 48th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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