Academic Achievement
The Cornell School District was ranked 427th out of 497 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the PSSAs in: math, reading, writing and 2 years of science.
- 2010 - 417th
- 2009 - 395th
- 2008 - 402nd in Pennsylvania
- 2007 - 432nd of 501 school districts
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students in the district was in the 30th percentile among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.
Cornell School District was ranked 87th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the PSSAs on: math, reading, writing and 2 year of science.
- 2009 - 83rd
- 2008 - 84th
In its 2010 application for School Improvement Grants, the Pennsylvania Department of Education identified Cornell Senior High School as a candidate for turnaround intervention. The school district applied for funding under the program. Nineteen Pennsylvania school districts and five charters statewide applied for the money. Schools accepting it must agree to adopt federal government-specified "interventions" that would lead to staffing changes and other shifts in how they operate. The School Improvement Grant program began in 2002. In 2010 there is the one-time addition of almost $3 billion in stimulus funding. The district received $3,360,000 to transform the high school. The school was required to notify parents of its intention to implement the changes required by the grant. Parents notice
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