Academic Achievement
Forbes Road School District was ranked 428th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated by 3 years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, math, and two years of science.
2009 - 405th
2008 - 414th
2007 - 452nd out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts in 2007.
In 2010, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Forbes Road ranked 311th. In 2009 the district was 212th. The paper describes the ranking as: "the 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."
In 2009, the district ranked in the 9th percentile for student academic achievement among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.
Graduation Rate'
2010 - 97%
2009 - 97%
2008 - 97%
2007 - 97%
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