Academic Achievement
In 2011, Carlynton School District ranked 255th out of 498 Pennsylvania districts. The ranking is based on five years of student academic achievement as demonstrated by PSSAs results in reading, writing, math and three years of science.
- 2010 - 277th
- 2009 - 274th
- 2008 - 292nd
- 2007 - 208th of Pennsylvania's 501 school districts.
The Carlynton School District was ranked 63rd out of 105 western Pennsylvania school districts in 2009 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs on: math, reading, writing and 1 year of science. In 2008, the school district ranked 69th out of 105 western Pennsylvania districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Carlynton School District, was in the 34th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
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