PENNSYLVANIA S BEST S IN 2013
Table of Contents Elementary Schools 4 Performance Gains 5 Low-Income Student Performance 6 Black Student Performance 7 Latino Student Performance 8 Middle Schools 9 Performance Gains 10 Low-Income Student Performance 11 Black Student Performance 12 Latino Student Performance 13 High Schools 14 Low-Income Student Performance 15 Black Student Performance 16 Latino Student Performance 17
About the Top 10s PennCAN ranks schools in key areas so parents can compare schools to one another. We use these rankings to generate Top 10 Lists, which show the topperforming schools in four different areas: Low-income student performance Black student performance Latino student performance Performance gains Each subgroup s performance score is an average of their reading and math proficiency at the highest tested grade level in that school. In order for a school to be on the Top 10 list for black student performance and low-income student performance, at least 50 percent of the students in that school must belong to that subgroup. To be on the Latino student performance Top 10 list, at least 10 percent of the students in that school must belong to that subgroup. For example, to be included on the low-income student performance Top 10 list, at least 50 percent of the students in that school must be low-income students. PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 3
Top 10 Elementary Schools
Performance Gains Top 10 Elementary Schools % POINT CHANGE IN 1 Pennsylvania Distance Learning School Pennsylvania Distance Learning School 28.5 2 Turkeyfoot Valley Area Elementary School Turkeyfoot Valley Area School District 21.6 3 Hardy Williams Academy Renaissance Advantage School 18.2 4 Kittanning Township Elementary School Armstrong 17.4 5 Twin Valley Elementary Center 6 Austin Area Elementary School 7 Osceola Mills Elementary School 8 Penn-Grampian Elementary School Twin Valley Austin Area Philipsburg-Osceola Area Curwensville Area 15.8 14.7 13.0 12.7 9 Williams Township Elementary School Wilson Area 12.0 10 Pocono Mountain School Pocono Mountain School 11.5 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 5
Low-Income Student Performance Top 10 Elementary Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Penn-Grampian Elementary School Curwensville Area 95.5 2 Bruin Elementary School Karns City Area Sligo Elementary School Union 91.7 3 Mapleton-Union Elementary School 4 Oakview Elementary School 5 Martin School 6 Fulton Academy of Science 7 Penn-Lincoln Elementary School 8 Lakeside Elementary School Mount Union Area West Middlesex Area New Kensington- Arnold Pittsburgh School District Altoona Area Wayne Highlands 90.9 89.4 88.4 88.3 87.4 86.2 9 Walter M. Senkow Elementary School Upper Darby 85.6 10 Blacklick Valley Elementary Center Blacklick Valley 84.0 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 6
Black Student Performance Top 10 Elementary Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Fulton Academy of Science 2 Russell Byers School 3 Wissahickon School 4 Propel School-McKeesport 5 Powel Samuel School 6 Aldan Magnet School 7 Northwood Academy School 8 Liberty Elementary School 9 Henry Charles W School 10 Hardy Williams Academy Pittsburgh Russell Byers School Wissahickon School Propel School-McKeesport William Penn Northwood Academy School Pittsburgh Renaissance Advantage School 85.0 79.5 76.8 76.7 72.9 72.0 71.4 70.3 69.2 69.1 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 7
Latino Student Performance Top 10 Elementary Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Palmer Elementary School 2 Bendersville Elementary School 3 Spring Garden Elementary School 4 Middle Smithfield Elementary School 5 Paxinosa Elementary School Easton Area Upper Adams Bethlehem Area East Stroudsburg Area Easton Area 91.6 91.0 86.4 81.0 80.9 6 Lehigh Valley Academy Regional School Lehigh Valley Academy Regional School 80.4 7 Arendtsville Elementary School Upper Adams 78.6 8 Stroudsburg Intermediate Elementary Stroudsburg Area 77.9 9 Resica Elementary School 10 Northwood Academy School East Stroudsburg Area Northwood Academy School 76.8 76.4 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 8
Top 10 Middle Schools
Performance Gains Top 10 Middle Schools % POINT CHANGE IN 1 KIPP Academy School 2 Leeds Morris E Middle School 3 Bear Creek Community School Young Scholars School 4 Overbrook Edu Center 5 Arlington Elementary School 6 People for People School 7 Westwood Elementary School 8 Wakisha School 9 Elderton Junior/Senior High School 10 Northwest Area High School KIPP Academy School Bear Creek Community School Young Scholars Pittsburgh People for People School Pittsburgh Wakisha School Armstrong Northwest Area 26.5 20.9 19.7 19.0 18.8 18.7 17.7 17.1 16.4 16.3 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 10
Low-Income Student Performance Top 10 Middle Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 North Star East Middle School 2 Weatherly Area Middle School 3 Greenfield Elementary School 4 Conwell Russell Middle School 5 AMY Northwest 6 West Oak Lane School 7 Young Scholars School 8 Midland El/Middle School 9 Baldi C.C.A. Middle School 10 Sterrett Classical Academy North Star Weatherly Area Pittsburgh West Oak Lane School Young Scholars Midland Borough Pittsburgh 95.3 95.2 93.8 93.1 88.0 86.2 84.9 83.9 82.1 81.8 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 11
Black Student Performance Top 10 Middle Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Hill J. E./Freedman Samson 2 Propel School McKeesport Propel School-McKeesport 98.9 96.2 3 Pittsburgh Montessori Elementary School Pittsburgh 88.8 4 Henry Charles W School 5 Overbrook Edu Center 88.2 87.5 6 Mastery School Thomas Campus Mastery School-Thomas Campus 87.0 7 West Oak Lane School 8 Young Scholars School 9 AMY Northwest West Oak Lane School Young Scholars School 86.8 86.5 85.9 10 Mastery School Shoemaker Campus Mastery School-Shoemaker Campus 85.7 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 12
Latino Student Performance Top 10 Middle Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Conwell Russell Middle School 2 Northwood Academy School Northwood Academy School 94.1 92.9 3 Pocono Mountain East Junior High School Pocono Mountain 92.0 4 Penn/Kidder Campus 5 Independence School 6 Wilson Central Junior High School 7 Fred S. Engle Middle School 8 Stroudsburg Junior High School 9 Upper Adams Middle School 10 Swiftwater Intermediate School Jim Thorpe Area Independence School Wilson Avon Grove Stroudsburg Area Upper Adams Pocono Mountain 90.9 86.4 85.6 84.3 83.5 83.3 81.4 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 13
Top 10 High Schools
Low-Income Student Performance Top 10 High Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 City High School City CHS 80.0 2 Galeton Area School 3 Oswayo Valley High School 4 Shanksville-Stonycreek High School 5 Roberto Clemente School 6 Frazier High School 7 Montgomery Senior High School 8 Ridgway Area High School 9 Derry Area Senior High School 10 Harmony Area High School Galeton Area Oswayo Valley Shanksville-Stonycreek Roberto Clemente School Frazier School District Montgomery Area Ridgway Area Derry Area Harmony Area 72.8 71.1 68.2 67.3 66.7 64.4 63.7 61.1 60.7 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 15
Black Student Performance Top 10 High Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Carver High School 2 Science Leadership Academy 3 Bodine William W. High School 4 Academy at Palumbo 5 Preparatory School Preparatory School 87.3 81.4 76.8 75.8 74.8 6 City High School City CHS Freire School Freire School 73.3 7 Mastery School Shoemaker Campus Mastery School-Shoemaker Campus 73.0 8 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School Harrisburg City 72.2 9 Girls High School 10 Mastery High School Mastery High School 70.7 70.4 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 16
Latino Student Performance Top 10 High Schools % AT/ABOVE 1 Franklin Towne High School Franklin Towne CHS 84.8 2 Harrisburg University of Science and Technology High School Harrisburg City 75.1 3 Bodine William W. High School 4 Stroudsburg High School 5 Roberto Clemente School 6 Avon Grove High School 7 Oxford Area High School Stroudsburg Area Roberto Clemente School Avon Grove Oxford Area 74.0 68.5 68.4 62.5 58.8 8 East Stroudsburg Senior High School South East Stroudsburg Area 58.6 9 Conestoga Valley Senior High School 10 Pocono Mountain East HS/Academy Conestoga Valley Pocono Mountain 58.5 56.6 PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN S, 2013 PENNCAN 17
About PennCAN PennCAN: The Pennsylvania Campaign for Achievement Now will launch in spring 2012 as an education reform advocacy organization building a movement of Pennsylvanians with the political will to enact smart public policies so that every Pennsylvania child has access to a great public school. We are a branch of 50CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now, a growing national network of state-based education reform advocacy groups with campaigns in Rhode Island, Minnesota, New York and Maryland based on the groundbreaking model developed by ConnCAN in Connecticut. www.penncan.org