Academic Achievement
Palmyra Area School District was ranked 163rd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic achievement based on the last three years of results on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and science. The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs.
- 2011 - 169th
- 2010 - 161st
- 2009 - 205th
- 2008 - 196th
- 2007 - 176th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
- Overachiever statewide ranking
In 2010, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Palmyra Area School District ranked 485th. In 2009, the district was 482nd. 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 district ranked in the 67th percentile for student academic achievement among Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.
- District AYP status history
From 2006 to 2012 inclusive, Palmyra Area School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). 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. Palmyra School District was in School Improvement in 2004 and 2005, while in 2003 the District was in Warning status due to lagging student achievement.
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