Academic Achievement
Red Lion Area School District was ranked 273rd out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2013, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic achievement on the PSSA 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.
- 2012 - 274th
- 2011 - 266th
- 2010 - 257th
- 2009 - 246th
- 2008 - 271st
- 2007 - 249th of 500 school districts in Pennsylvania.
In 2009, the academic achievement of the children attending the Red Lion Area School District was in the 54th percentile among Pennsylvania's 500 school District. Scale:(0-99; 100 is state best)
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