Academic Achievement
The Allentown School District was ranked 482nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts, in 2010, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement on four years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, mathematics and two years of science.
2009 - 481st
2008 - 480th
2007 - 485th
In 2010 the high school is in Corrective Action II 4th Year level in AYP status due to chronically low student achievement for the past five years. The Pennsylvania Department of Education identified the school as Persistently Low Performing in its application for the 2010 federal School Improvement Grant funding.
Graduation rate:
2010 - 70%
2009 - 69%
11th grade Reading:
2010 - 51.6% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 67% of 11th graders are on grade level in Reading.
2009 - 46%, State - 65%
2008 - 42%, State - 64%
11th grade Math:
2010 - 35.5% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 59% of 11th graders are on grade level in Math
2009 - 32%, State - 55%
2008 - 39%, State - 56%
11th grade Science:
2010 - 12% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 39% of 11th graders are on grade level in Science.
2009 - 13%, State - 40%
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