Academic Achievement
Harrisburg City School District was ranked 494th out of 497 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last 3 years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for math, reading, writing and science.
- 2011 - 494th
- 2010 - 495th
- 2009 - 496th
- 2008 - 497th
- 2007 - 498th of 501 school districts
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Harrisburg City School District ranked 478th. 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 - 474th
- 2010 - 450th
- 2009 - 422nd
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students in the district was in the bottom percentile of all Pennsylvania school districts.
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