Spending and Testing Results
Panther Valley suffers from a combination of moderate to high school taxes and among the lowest test results for rural school districts in comparison to other districts in Carbon and Schuylkill Counties and statewide.
In 2008-2009, 64% of 11th grade students at Panther Valley were proficient or advanced in reading as measured by the state standardized testing, PSSA, (state-wide 68% of students were proficient or advanced). 52.9% of Panther Valley 11th graders were proficient or advanced in math, (state-wide 61.2%). For the 2008-2009 school year, Panther Valley spent $43,345 per student meeting PSSA reading targets (state average: $37,629;) and $45,675 per student meeting PSSA math targets (state average: $36,396.)
Property Taxes on a $100,000 house:
| Panther Valley | $2,730 |
| Lehighton | $2,220 |
| Palmerton | $1,990 |
| Weatherly | $1,930 |
| Jim Thorpe | $1,710 |
| Tamaqua | $1,660 |
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