Academic Achievement
Mid Valley School District was ranked 360th out of 498 Pennsylvania School Districts in 2013 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance based on the PSSA's on: reading, mathematics, writing and science.
- 2012 - 403rd
- 2011 - 396th
- 2010 - 368th
- 2009 - 375th
- 2008 - 345th
- 2007 - 366th
- Overachiever statewide ranking
In 2013, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Mid Valley School District ranked 420th. In 2012, the District was ranked 392nd. 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."
According to an Institute for Public Policy & Economic Development Report, in 2008, the academic achievement in reading and mathematics of Mid Valley School District students was the lowest among all Lackawanna County public school districts. Additionally, the Institute found that Mid Valley students performed poorly on the state's writing tests. The students scores were below county averages for four school years (2006-2009) for 5th, 8th and 11th graders.
- District AYP status history
In 2012 and 2011, Mid Valley School District achieved AYP status. 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 Pennsylvania public 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. Mid Valley School District achieved AYP status each year from 2006 to 2010.
- 2005 - Making Progress School Improvement Level I
- 2004 - School Improvement Level I
- 2003 - Warning AYP level due to lagging student achievement.
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