Academic Achievement
Laurel Highlands School District was ranked 425th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and three years of science PSSAs.
- 2010 - 411th
- 2009 - 416th
- 2008 - 415th
- 2007 - 377th out of 501 school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Laurel Highlands School DIstrict was in the lowest 11th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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