Academic Achievement
Central Dauphin School District was ranked 326th out of 497 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science.
- 2011 - 293rd
- 2010 - 273rd
- 2009 - 271st
- 2008 - 265th
- 2007 - 237th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Central Dauphin ranked 436th. The paper 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."
- 2011 - 428th
- 2010 - 421st
- 2009 - 319th
Central Dauphin School District students academic achievement falls in the 39th percentile in Pennsylvania public school districts in 2009. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best).
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