Shamokin Area School District - Academic Achievement

Academic Achievement

Shamokin Area School District was ranked 375th out of the 498 ranked Pennsylvania school districts, in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance as demonstrated in the last 3 years of PSSA results in: reading, writing, math and science.

• 2011 - 383rd
• 2010 - 396th
• 2009 – 401st
• 2008 – 381st
• 2007 – 416th

Overachiever statewide ranking

In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Shamokin Area School District ranked 53rd. In 2011, the district was 116th. 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."

District AYP status history

In 2011 and 2012, Shamokin Area School District achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). 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. Shamokin Area School District achieved AYP status each year from 2004 to 2010, while in 2003 the District was in Warning status due to low student achievement.