Keystone Central School District - Academic Achievement

Academic Achievement

Keystone Central School District was ranked 410th out of 498 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 PSSA results on: 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 - 407th
• 2010 - 408th
• 2009 - 407th
• 2008 - 395th
• 2007 - 430th of 500 school districts in Pennsylvania.

In 2009 the academic achievement of the students of the Keystone Central School District fell in the 23rd percentile in the state's 500 school districts. (0-99; 100 is state best)

District AYP status history

In 2012, Keystone Central School District declined to Warning AYP status due to lagging graduation rates and low academic achievement. In 2011, Keystone Central School District achieved AYP status (Adequate Yearly Progress). 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. School District achieved AYP status each year from 2004 to 2009, while in 2003 the District was in Warning status due to lagging student achievement.