Academic Achievement
Hopewell Area School District was ranked 170th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2012. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on five years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing math and three years of science.
- 2011 - 128th
- 2010 - 105th
- 2009 - 143th
- 2008 - 148th
- 2007 - 180th out of 501 school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Hopewell Area School District ranked 352nd. 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 - 263rd
- 2010 - 250th
- 2009 - 268th
- Allegheny Region ranking
(includes 104 public school districts in: Beaver, Allegheny, Fayette, Armstrong, Westmoreland, Washington and Butler counties.)
- 2012 - 43rd
- 2011 - 33rd
- 2010 - 29th
- 2009 - 39th
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Hopewell Area School DIstrict was in the 81st percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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