Academic Achievement
Somerset Area School District was ranked 418th out of 493 Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and two years of science PSSAs.
2009 - 316th
2008 - 303rd out of 497 school districts
2007 - 303rd out of 501 school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of the Somerset Area School DIstrict was in the 13th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania public school districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
- Somerset Area School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2005
Graduation Rate
- 2010 - 89%
- 2009 - 90%
- 2007 - 93%
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