Academic Achievement
Ridley School District was ranked 340th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on four years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and two years of science PSSAs.
- 2010 - 315th
- 2009 - 278th
- 2008 - 255th
- 2007 - 269th out of 501 school districts.
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Ridley School District ranked 484th. In 2010, the district was 454th. 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 academic achievement of the students of Ridley School DIstrict was in the 37th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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