Academic Achievement
In 2010, North Hills School District was ranked 1st out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts for student academic achievement by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking is based on three years of student scores on the PSSAs for: reading, mathematics, writing and two years of science.
2009 - 1st
2008 - 1st
2007 - 1st out of 500 Pennsylvania school districts for student academic achievement by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2007.
In 2010, the district was ranked 1st for student academic achievement among western Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking is based on three years of student scores on the PSSAs for: reading, mathematics, writing and two years of science for 105 districts in the region.
2009 - 1st
2008 - 1st out of 105 school districts in the Allegheny region.
Each of the district's schools greatly exceeded the national standards as set by the No Child Left Behind Act. The district's schools average between 99.8% and 100% success rates in the reading, writing, science and mathematics PSSA tests.
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