Most Improved Pennsylvania High Schools

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September 21, 2012: We've posted the new 2011-2012 SchoolDigger rankings for Pennsylvania, just hours after the release of the PSSA test scores by the Pennsylvania Department of Education!


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Most Improved Pennsylvania High Schools

11th Grade
PSSA Math & PSSA Reading
2011-2012

Rank* (of 676)SchoolDistrictCityLow GradeHigh GradeTotal students (2011)Student/ Teacher Ratio (2011)PSSA, avg Math** (2012)PSSA, avg Reading** (2012)PSSA Combined
Rank Change From 2011
133Oswayo Valley High SchoolOswayo Valley School DistrictShinglehouse091219515.872.178.5150.6
382
168United Junior/Senior High SchoolUnited School DistrictArmagh071257213.470.077.1147.1
347
51City Charter High SchoolCity Charter High SchoolPittsburgh091257412.079.085.5164.5
314
271Evergreen Community Charter SchoolEvergreen Community Charter SchoolCresco06128310.354.681.9136.5
307
172Mastery Charter School -Shoemaker CampusMastery Charter School-Shoemaker CampusPhiladelphia071267614.379.267.6146.8
301
331Roberto Clemente Charter SchoolRoberto Clemente Charter SchoolAllentown061230713.971.059.4130.4
296
240Curwensville Area Junior/Senior High SchoolCurwensville Area School DistrictCurwensville071258913.758.381.9140.2
273
236Jim Thorpe Area Senior High SchoolJim Thorpe Area School DistrictJim Thorpe091264113.566.673.8140.4
266
111Palmyra Area Senior High SchoolPalmyra Area School DistrictPalmyra091293214.871.281.8153.0
265
196Harmony Area High SchoolHarmony Area School DistrictWestover10126610.668.076.0144.0
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Source:  National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education, and Pennsylvania Dept of Education
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* Rank is determined by adding each school's average PSSA Math score with the average PSSA Reading score to form a combined average score. The school with the highest combined score is ranked #1.
** The values used in the PSSA columns are % proficient.

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