Academic Achievement
Northern Lebanon School District was ranked 428th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania school districts in 2011 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated by 5 years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, math, and three years of science.
- 2010 - 435th
- 2009 - 431st
- 2008 - 450th
- 2007 - 450th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts in 2007.
In 2010, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Northern Lebanon ranked 496th. In 2009 the district was 497th. The paper describes the ranking as: "the 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 2009, the district ranked in the 6th percentile for student academic achievement among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.
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