Academic Achievement
Sharon City School District was ranked 465th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and science PSSAs. 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.
- 2013 - 462nd
- 2011 - 462nd
- 2010 - 462nd
- 2009 - 461st
- 2008 - 444th
- 2007 - 424th out of 501 school districts.
In 2013, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Sharon City School District ranked 65th in 2013. 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."
- 2012 - 54th
- 2011 - 72nd
- 2010 - 66th
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of Sharon City School DIstrict was in the bottom 12th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
EOTC Scholarship In July 2012, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released a report identifying three Sharon City School District schools as among the lowest achieving schools for reading and mathematics in 2011. Musser Elementary School, Sharon Middle School and Sharon High School are all three among the 15% lowest achieving schools in the Commonwealth. Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012. The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district. Fifty three public schools in Allegheny County were among the lowest achieving schools in 2011. According to the report, parents in 414 public schools (74 school districts) were offered access to these scholarships. For the 2012-13 school year, eight Pennsylvania public school districts had all of their schools placed on the list including: Sto-Rox School District, Chester Upland School District, Clairton City School District, Duquesne City School District, Farrell Area School District, Wilkinsburg Borough School District, William Penn School District and Steelton-Highspire School District. Funding for the scholarships comes from donations by businesses which receive a state tax credit for donating. For the 2013-14 school year, both Musser Elementary School and West Hill Elementary School are identified as EOTC schools.
- District AYP status history
In 2012, Sharon City School District declined to Warning AYP status, due to lagging student achievement in both reading and mathematics. In 2011, Sharon City 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 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. Sharon City School District achieved AYP status each year from 2008 to 2010,
- 2007 - Warning status due to lagging student achievement.
- 2006 - achieved AYP
- 2005 - achieved AYP
- 2004 - achieved AYP
- 2003 - achieved AYP
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