Academic Achievement
Spring Grove Area School District was ranked 234th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2013. The ranking was based on student academic achievement as demonstrated on the last three years of the PSSAs for: reading, writing math and science.
- 2012 - 252nd
- 2011 - 257th
- 2010 - 258th
- 2009 - 237th
- 2008 - 263rd
- 2007 - 224th out of 501 school districts.
In 2012, the Pittsburgh Business Times also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. Spring Grove Area School District ranked 419th. 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."
- 2011 - 469th
- 2010 - 368th
- 2009 - 372nd
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students of Spring Grove Area School DIstrict, was in the 46th percentile among 500 Pennsylvania School Districts. Scale - (0-99; 100 is state best)
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