Academic Achievement
North Star School District was ranked 295th out of 493 Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on three years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and two years of science PSSAs.
- 2009 - 294th
- 2008 - 308th out of 497 school districts
- 2007 - 357th out of 501 school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the students of the North Star School DIstrict was in the 51st percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
Graduation Rate
- 2010 - 95%
- 2009 - 93%
- 2007 - 96%
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