Academic Achievement
Penn-Delco School District was ranked 162nd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and science PSSAs. 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 - 157th
- 2010 - 150th
- 2009 - 141th
- 2008 - 133rd
- 2007 - 156th out of 501 school districts.
- Statewide Overachiever Ranking
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Penn-Delco School District ranked 421st. In 2010 the district was 442nd. The paper 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 of Penn-Delco School DIstrict, was in the 83rd percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best).
- AYP status history
In 2011 and 2010, Penn-Delco School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status under No Child Left Behind. 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. From 2004 to 2009 the District achieved AYP status. In 2003, Penn-Delco School District was in Warning AYP status.
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