Academic Achievement
In 2012, Mifflin County School District was ranked 432nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance on the last three years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, mathematics 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 - 418th
- 2010 - 414th
- 2009 - 438th
- 2008 - 435th
- 2007 - 414th out of 501 Pennsylvania school Districts
In 2009, Mifflin County School District was in the bottom 25th percentile for student academic achievement among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts. (0-99; 100 is state best)
- Overachiever statewide ranking
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Mifflin County School District ranked 327th. In 2011, the district was 325th. 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."
- District AYP status history
In 2011, Mifflin County School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). 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. Mifflin County School District achieved AYP status each year in 2009 and 2010. Mifflin County School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2009
- 2008 - Making Progress Corrective Action I
- 2007 - Declined to Corrective Action I
- 2006 - Making Progress School Improvement 2
- 2005 - Declined to School Improvement 2
- 2004 - Declined to School Improvement I
- 2003 - Warning
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