Academic Achievement
In 2010, the district adopted an Instructional Model with the intent to strengthen student achievement in all grades.
Danville Area School District ranked 136th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania School Districts in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance as demonstrated in the past 3 years of PSSA results on: reading, writing, math and science.
- 2011 - 135th
- 2010 - 127th
- 2009 - 113th
- 2008 - 124th
- 2007 - 119th out of 501 school districts in 2007.
- Overachiever statewide ranking
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Danville Area School District ranked 187th. The editor 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 - 201st
- 2010 - 313th
- 2009 - 282nd
- District AYP Status 2012-2003
In 2010 through 2012, Danville 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 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. From 2004 to 2009 Danville Area School District achieved AYP status. In 2003, the District was in Warning status due to lagging student academic achievement.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students was in the 72nd percentile among Pennsylvania's 500 schools districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best).
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