Academic Achievement
Shaler Area School District was ranked 226 out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and three years of science PSSAs.
- 2010 - 217th
- 2009 - 194th
- 2008 - 195th
- 2007 - 200th out of 501 school districts.
In 2011, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Shaler Area School District ranked 407th. In 2010, the district was 407th. 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 Shaler Area School DIstrict was in the 44th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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