Academic Achievement
Chichester School District was ranked 453rd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, 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. Chichester School District ranked 12th out of 15 public school districts in Delaware County. The highest ranking public school district in Delaware County was Radnor Township School District which ranked 4th statewide (2012).
- 2011 - 463rd
- 2010 - 454th
- 2009 - 435th
- 2008 - 410th
- 2007 - 385th out of 501 school districts.
- Overachiever Statewide Ranking
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. 'Chichester School District ranked 333rd. 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 - 387th
- 2010 - 387th
- 2009 - 377th
- Chichester School District AYP status history
In 2011 and 2010, Chichester School District achieved AYP status under the federal No Child Left Behind act even though the middle school is in Corrective Action and High Schools is in School Improvement status due to low reading and math skills. In 2011, 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 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.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of School DIstrict was in the bottom 6 percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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