posted by Joe Polk at 7:13 PM /
Is your school district making the grade? There’s now a way to find out on NeighborhoodScout.com. The site ranks cities and towns across America for all sorts of things, including housing prices, crime rates and school districts.
Hempfield Area, Seneca Valley and Canon Mac are all above the 90th percentile in the United States, meaning they rank higher than 90 percent of the districts across the country. Not every school ranks that well. Belle Vernon is in the 72nd percentile. Sto-Rox is in the 9th.
And, it doesn’t seem like money buys better schools. Pittsburgh, for example, ranked in the 22nd percentile and spends nearly $19,000 per student. “I think in many cases, the teachers are not qualified. Some don’t even speak correct grammar,” said Pittsburgh grandparent Don Saxton.
Mt. Lebanon ranks in the 99th percentile while spending $5,000 less.
Link: www.wpxi.com/news/18900273/detail.html
NeighborhoodScout.com links for: Foster Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Howe Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, Jefferson Middle, Lincoln Elementary, Markham Elementary, Mellon Middle, Mt. Lebanon High School, Washington Elementary,
Hempfield Area, Seneca Valley and Canon Mac are all above the 90th percentile in the United States, meaning they rank higher than 90 percent of the districts across the country. Not every school ranks that well. Belle Vernon is in the 72nd percentile. Sto-Rox is in the 9th.
And, it doesn’t seem like money buys better schools. Pittsburgh, for example, ranked in the 22nd percentile and spends nearly $19,000 per student. “I think in many cases, the teachers are not qualified. Some don’t even speak correct grammar,” said Pittsburgh grandparent Don Saxton.
Mt. Lebanon ranks in the 99th percentile while spending $5,000 less.
Link: www.wpxi.com/news/18900273/detail.html
NeighborhoodScout.com links for: Foster Elementary, Hoover Elementary, Howe Elementary, Jefferson Elementary, Jefferson Middle, Lincoln Elementary, Markham Elementary, Mellon Middle, Mt. Lebanon High School, Washington Elementary,
Labels: neighborhoodscout.com, school district
2 Comments:
In the results and spending per student measures, MTLSD peforms very well. Last year when I looked at the top 50 districts (by SAT performance) out of about 500 in PA, MTL was around 25th in spending per student and consistently top 10 in SAT scores.
I hope I'm not the only one who sees irony in an article on school rankings that has to explain what "percentile" means. Says something about the P-G's target audience, I guess.
Makes me want to post this in the interest of balance.
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