Academic Achievement
Franklin Area School District was ranked 355th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance based on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and three years of science.
- 2010 - 324th
- 2009 - 301st
- 2008 - 336th
- 2007 - 363rd out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Franklin Area School District, was in the 27th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania's 500 school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
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