Academic Achievement
Derry Area School District was ranked 169th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2012. 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.
- 2011 - 185th
- 2010 - 156th
- 2009 - 157th
- 2008 - 153rd
- 2007 - 153rd out of 501 school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Derry Area School District ranked 35th. In 2011, the district was 37th. 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."
- Western Pennsylvania school districts ranking
Derry Area School District was ranked 41st out of 105 Western Pennsylvania School Districts in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and science.
- 2011 - 49th
- 2009 - 42nd
- 2008 - 42nd
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Derry Area School District was in the 69th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
In 2011 and 2010, Derry Area School District achieved AYP status under No Child Left Behind. 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.
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