Academic Achievement
Midd-West School District was ranked 371st out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last 3 years of student academic achievement on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science.
- 2011 - 368th
- 2010 - 362nd
- 2009 - 348th
- 2008 - 314th
- 2007 - 305th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Midd-West School District ranking declined to 357th. In 2011, the district was 280th. 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." In 2010, the Midd-West School District ranked 254th, while in 2009 it ranked 253rd.
In 2009, Midd-West School District student academic achievement was in the 40th percentile of Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts. (0-99; 100 is state best)
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