Academic Achievement
Neshaminy School District was ranked 211th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance over five years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing, mathematics and science. .
- 2011 - 184th
- 2010 - 166th
- 2009 - 171st
- 2008 - 174th
- 2007 - 189th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Neshaminy School District ranked 468th. In 2011, the district was 452nd. The editor 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."
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Neshaminy School District, was in the 74th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)
- District AYP history
In 2012, Neshaminy School District achieved AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) status under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. In 2011, Neshaminy School District also achieved AYP status. In 2011, 94 percent of the 500 Pennsylvania public school districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math. In 2011, 46.9 percent of Pennsylvania school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance. An additional 37.8 percent of school districts made AYP based on a calculated method called safe harbor, 8.2 percent on the growth model and 0.8 percent on a two-year average performance.
- 2010 and 2009 - Achieved AYP
- 2008 - Warning AYP status.
- 2007 and 2006 - Achieved AYP
- 2005 - Making Progress - School Improvement Level I
- 2004 - School Improvement Level I
- 2003 - Warning AYP status.
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