Academic Achievement
Leechburg Area School District was ranked 400th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and two years of science.
- 2009 - 342nd out of 500 school districts
- 2008 - 252nd out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts.
- 2007 - 177th out of 501 school districts
Leechburg Area School District was ranked 83rd out of 105 Western Pennsylvania School Districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: math, reading, writing and two years of science.
- 2009 - 76th out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts.
- 2008 - 62nd out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Leechburg Area School DIstrict was in the 26th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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