Academics
AP classes are a recent addition to Spring Grove's offered curriculum.
In 2012, Spring Grove Area School District remained in Warning status due to missing all reading metrics measured in 11th grade. In 2011, Spring Grove Area High School declined to Warning Status due to lagging student achievement in mathematics. In 2010, the school achieved AYP status under No Child Left Behind.
- PSSA Results
- 11th Grade Reading
- 2012 - 70% on grade level, (13% below basic). State - 67% of 11th graders are on grade level.
- 2011 - 74% (17% below basic). State - 69.1%
- 2010 – 72% (13% below basic). State - 68%
- 2009 – 62%, State – 65%
- 2008 – 65%, State – 65%
- 2007 – 68%, State – 65.4%
- 11th Grade Math
- 2012 - 68% on grade level (17% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.
- 2011 - 62% (20% below basic). State - 60.3%
- 2010 – 65% (20% below basic). State - 59%
- 2009 – 56%, State – 56%
- 2008 – 58%, State – 56%
- 2007 – 59%, State – 53%
- 11th Grade Science
- 2012 - 45% on grade level (11% below basic). State - 42% of 11th graders were on grade level.
- 2011 - 33% (17% below basic). State - 40%
- 2010 – 43% (10% below basic). State – 39%
- 2009 – 40%, State – 40%
- 2008 – 40%, State – 39%
- 2007 – Tested, The state did not make the results public.
Science in Motion Spring Grove Area High School took advantage of a state program called Science in Motion which brought college professors and sophisticated science equipment to the school to raise science awareness and to provide inquiry-based experiences for the students. The Science in Motion program was funded by a state appropriation and cost the school nothing to participate.
Read more about this topic: Spring Grove Area High School
Famous quotes containing the word academics:
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)