Academic Achievement
Deer Lakes School District was ranked 41st out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2009 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on three years of student academic achievement as demonstrated on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and one year of science. In 2008, the school ranked 36th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2011, Deer Lakes School District was ranked 164th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania School Districts. The ranking is based on five years of student academic achievement as demonstrated by PSSAs results in reading, writing, math and three years of science.
- 2010 - 155th
- 2009 - 145th
- 2008 - 140th
- 2007 - 139th out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Deer Lakes School District, was in the 63rd percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
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