Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests

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How the region’s students fared

Here are results of the latest Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests from the 1995-96 cycle through 1998-99. Scores range from 1000 to 1600. The Department of Education has assigned an average score of 1300 in both math and reading for 1995-96. So scores could be compared year-to-year, the average can fluctuate. The average for 1998-99 was 1300 in math and reading for all scores except fifth and eighth-grade reading, for which the average was 1310. The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests are given to fifth-, eighth- and 11th-grade students. Unless otherwise noted, middle school scores represent the work of eighth-grade students.

School	1995-96		1996-97		1997-98		1998-99
School	Math	Read	Math	Read	Math	Read	Math	Read
Allegheny County - Allegheny Valley district
Colfax Elem.	1350	1350	1310	1350	1350	1390	1360	1390
Springdale JSHS (11)	1340	1290	1300	1230	1290	1330	1310	1350
Springdale JSHS (8)	1250	1290	1270	1220	1340	1340	1350	1370
Allegheny County - Avonworth district
Avonworth Elem.	1400	1410	1410	1410	1340	1390	1380	1480
Avonworth JSHS(11)	1400	1410	1340	1350	1360	1370	1350	1340
Avonworth JSHS(8)	1310	1320	1330	1360	1400	1350	1340	1370
Allegheny County - Baldwin Whitehall district
Baldwin High	1350	1360	1360	1330	1330	1340	1330	1310
Harrison Middle	1300	1300	1350	1350	1380	1360	1370	1330
Paynter Elem.	1340	1380	1390	1360	1390	1400	1380	1340
Whitehall Elem.	1350	1360	1380	1380	1350	1380	1370	1370
Allegheny County - Bethel Park district
Armstrong MS (5)	1500	1480	1480	1460	1480	1460	1500	1460
Bethel Park HS	1500	1500	1430	1380	1420	1350	1400	1380
Franklin Elem.	1460	1440	1440	1410	1430	1410	1440	1390
Independence Mid.	1470	1420	1430	1370	1470	1410	1420	1390
Lincoln Elem.	1350	1380	1380	1390	1330	1350	1450	1400
Memorial Elem.	1460	1400	1440	1420	1470	1420	1540	1460
Washington Elem.	1500	1420	1430	1440	1440	1460	1390	1430
William Penn Elem.	1420	1400	1430	1410	1500	1470	1490	1470
Allegheny County - Brentwood Borough district
Brentwood High	1280	1240	1240	1280	1230	1260	1250	1220
Brentwood Middle	1240	1250	1210	1230	1270	1220	1260	1330
Elroy Ave. Elem.	1280	1320	1300	1380	1370	1400	1300	1370
Moore Elem.	1320	1310	1420	1390	1380	1390	1390	1390
Allegheny County - Carlynton district
Carlynton JSHS (11)	1240	1190	1280	1220	1270	1270	1240	1250
Carlynton JSHS (8)	1220	1190	1300	1290	1310	1320	1310	1320
Carnegie Elem.	1240	1250	1220	1230	1300	1320	1290	1330
Crafton Elem.	1350	1340	1250	1270	1340	1360	1380	1360
Allegheny County - Charter Schools district
Manchester Acad. (5)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1090	1140
Allegheny County - Chartiers Valley district
Char. Valley High	1330	1340	1280	1250	1300	1310	1300	1270
Char. Valley Int. (5)	1300	1320	1320	1330	1310	1330	1320	1330
Char. Valley Middle	1310	1330	1310	1280	1320	1350	1320	1330
Allegheny County - Clairton City district
Clairton Elem.	1090	1120	1120	1120	1160	1130	1160	1170
Clairton High	1080	1150	1150	1180	1160	1170	1230	1240
Clairton Mid.	n/a	n/a	1160	1150	1160	1190	1100	1170
Allegheny County - Cornell district
Cornell Elem.	1290	1320	1300	1320	1260	1230	1290	1310
Cornell Jr. High	1190	1190	1150	1090	1230	1220	1210	1190
Cornell Sr. High	1190	1230	1260	1250	1160	1240	1210	1200
Allegheny County - Deer Lakes district
Deer Lakes Elem.	1290	1330	1320	1370	1280	1310	1300	1360
Deer Lakes JSHS(11)	1300	1340	1270	1270	1300	1320	1330	1350
Deer Lakes JSHS(8)	1290	1310	1260	1280	1300	1290	1260	1270
Kennedy Mem. El.	1310	1310	1250	1340	1320	1370	n/a	n/a
Allegheny County - Duquesne City district
Duquesne Elem.	1060	1000	1090	1060	1080	1000	1070	1110
Duquesne High	1020	1040	1070	1070	1100	1190	1060	1070
Duquesne Middle	1000	1000	1080	1090	1090	1090	1090	1110
Allegheny County - East Allegheny district
East Alleg. JSHS (8)	1220	1230	1220	1240	1280	1220	1260	1250
East Alleg. JSHS(11)	1230	1180	1210	1230	1190	1170	1260	1270
Westinghouse El.	1260	1290	1260	1260	1230	1260	1270	1300
Allegheny County - Elizabeth-Forward district
Central Elem.	1240	1250	1310	1350	1400	1360	1400	1380
Eliz.-Forward High	1230	1180	1250	1260	1230	1270	1290	1300
Eliz.-Forward Mid.	1260	1330	1270	1290	1290	1300	1250	1270
Elizabeth Elem.	1360	1290	1360	1400	1360	1420	1290	1300
Greenock Elem.	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1350	1330	1360	1370
Mt. Vernon Elem.	1360	1350	1400	1370	1330	1290	1300	1340
Wm. Penn Elem.	1290	1310	1370	1360	1330	1330	1310	1280
Allegheny County - Fox Chapel district
Dorseyville Middle	1390	1400	1390	1370	1380	1380	1400	1360
Fairview Elem.	1460	1480	1440	1440	1460	1520	1410	1460
Fox Chapel High	1290	1280	1390	1380	1370	1290	1410	1410
Hartwood Elem.	1370	1400	1340	1410	1340	1390	1400	1430
Kerr Elem.	1310	1300	1350	1350	1350	1380	1360	1340
O’Hara Elem.	1460	1480	1420	1440	1390	1450	1390	1410
Allegheny County - Gateway district
Gateway High	1400	1270	1350	1310	1360	1290	1370	1390
Gateway Middle	1340	1360	1330	1330	1330	1320	1310	1300
Moss Side Mid. (5)	1350	1340	1350	1370	1390	1380	1360	1350
Allegheny County - Hampton Township district
Central Elem.	1410	1430	1410	1450	1410	1460	1420	1430
Hampton High	1400	1410	1390	1340	1450	1380	1370	1310
Hampton Middle	1440	1440	1410	1380	1430	1400	1410	1400
Poff Elem.	1380	1410	1440	1420	1370	1400	1380	1430
Wyland Elem.	1480	1400	1430	1400	1390	1420	1400	1440
Allegheny County - Highlands district
Fairmount Elem.	1280	1320	1290	1290	1330	1350	1300	1270
Fawn Elem.	1420	1340	1350	1350	1370	1370	1310	1380
Grandview Elem.	1310	1340	1280	1330	1290	1320	1320	1360
Highlands High	1310	1320	1290	1260	1260	1260	1270	1290
Highlands Middle	1260	1260	1270	1230	1330	1320	1380	1350
Natrona Hts. Elem.	1280	1280	1330	1320	1330	1340	1360	1340
Allegheny County - Keystone Oaks district
Dormont Elem.	1340	1350	1340	1350	1320	1380	1380	1410
Fred L. Aiken Elem.	1390	1430	1380	1420	1360	1430	1340	1390
Keystone Oaks HS	1320	1290	1320	1300	1250	1190	1300	1270
Keystone Oaks MS	1370	1350	1350	1330	1340	1330	1330	1320
Myrtle Elem.	1420	1370	1390	1450	1370	1400	1330	1370
Allegheny County - Mckeesport Area district
Cornell Middle (5)	1160	1190	1140	1180	1180	1180	1180	1180
Cornell Middle (8)	1110	1190	1180	1220	1150	1170	1190	1220
McClure Middle (5)	1270	1290	1270	1310	1240	1290	1290	1330
McClure Middle (8)	1220	1340	1230	1320	1260	1280	1270	1290
McKeesport High	1130	1110	1160	1190	1180	1280	1180	1210
Allegheny County - Montour district
David Williams JHS	1300	1350	1290	1290	1280	1320	1350	1340
Forest Grove Elem.	1390	1390	1330	1340	1310	1370	1270	1360
Ingram Elem.	1370	1400	1270	1320	1330	1390	1280	1360
J.W. Burkett Elem.	1360	1400	1340	1370	1300	1400	1340	1410
Montour High	1240	1290	1310	1320	1290	1310	1270	1330
Allegheny County - Moon Area district
Allard Elem.	1380	1430	1440	1450	1410	1460	1440	1420
Bon Meade Elem.	1390	1390	1400	1410	1380	1430	1350	1410
Hyde Elem.	1340	1420	1310	1330	1340	1370	1500	1480
JH Brooks Elem.	1330	1370	1410	1410	1390	1450	1390	1430
Moon High	1340	1390	1290	1280	1340	1380	1310	1330
Moon Middle	1320	1390	1340	1370	1440	1420	1390	1390
Allegheny County - Mt. Lebanon district
Foster Elem.	1500	1490	1460	1500	1460	1430	1430	1440
Hoover Elem.	1410	1380	1420	1400	1520	1490	1490	1490
Howe Elem.	1420	1430	1410	1480	1380	1430	1410	1410
Jefferson Elem.	1440	1470	1410	1450	1350	1380	1440	1480
Lincoln Elem.	1440	1460	1400	1440	1440	1450	1480	1460
Markham Elem.	1490	1490	1450	1450	1450	1440	1450	1460
Mellon Middle	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1470	1430
Mt. Lebanon Jr. H.	1550	1550	1530	1470	1510	1490	n/a	n/a
Mt. Lebanon Sr. H.	1570	1530	1550	1450	1520	1390	1490	1430
Thomas Jefferson MS	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1490	1440
Washington Elem.	1390	1410	1490	1490	1480	1470	1480	1470
Allegheny County - North Allegheny district
Bradford Woods El.	1520	1450	1440	1430	1450	1390	1450	1410
Carson Middle	1460	1430	1410	1400	1430	1400	1410	1370
Espe Elem.	1410	1390	1370	1330	1390	1370	1380	1420
Franklin Elem.	1470	1460	1420	1420	1440	1420	1450	1450
Hosack Elem.	1490	1400	1450	1430	1450	1400	1480	1440
Ingomar Elem.	1520	1460	1420	1410	1420	1420	1400	1420
Ingomar Middle	1450	1440	1420	1380	1440	1410	1460	1390
Marshall Elem.	1420	1400	1410	1400	1390	1400	1400	1400
Marshall Middle	1490	1460	1480	1450	1490	1430	1460	1380
McKnight Elem.	1440	1440	1370	1400	1400	1400	1390	1410
North Allegheny HS	1400	1290	1370	1170	1180	1110	1380	1150
Peebles Elem.	1390	1370	1470	1410	1390	1390	1400	1420
Allegheny County - North Hills district
Highcliff Elem.	1400	1400	1410	1440	1410	1420	1420	1410
McIntyre Elem.	1370	1380	1430	1420	1430	1460	1400	1430
North Hills Jr. High	1360	1340	1370	1360	1350	1330	1370	1360
North Hills Sr. High	1370	1320	1360	1350	1360	1330	1360	1380
Northway Elem.	1360	1380	1370	1330	1350	1350	1370	1370
Perrysville Elem.	1390	1400	1370	1390	1340	1360	1470	1400
Ross Elem.	1370	1370	1390	1390	1340	1390	1430	1440
Seville Elem.	1400	1420	1380	1430	1320	1320	1360	1350
West View Elem.	1330	1310	1330	1320	1350	1370	1380	1360
Allegheny County - Northgate district
Avalon Elem.	1350	1310	1350	1370	1410	1410	1410	1470
Lincoln Elem.	1340	1330	1370	1390	1340	1390	1390	1390
Northgate JSHS (11)	1330	1400	1260	1310	1320	1380	1280	1380
Northgate JSHS (8)	1280	1330	1290	1340	1340	1400	1300	1330
Allegheny County - Penn Hills district
Dible Elem.	1280	1270	1280	1280	1290	1340	1320	1330
Forbes Elem.	1300	1270	1330	1250	1400	1350	1320	1310
Linton Middle	1260	1200	1260	1200	1330	1310	1290	1270
Penn Hebron Elem.	1280	1280	1370	1340	1320	1300	1310	1300
Penn Hills High	1310	1300	1280	1280	1290	1280	1220	1170
Shenandoah Elem.	1310	1300	1280	1260	1350	1360	1290	1290
Washington Elem.	1270	1270	1340	1360	1330	1320	1280	1300
William Penn Elem.	1250	1230	1290	1280	1290	1310	1200	1270
Allegheny County - Pine-Richland district
Hance Elem.	1390	1440	1380	1420	1350	1410	1380	1440
Pine-Richland High	1360	1280	1390	1380	1410	1330	1400	1360
Pine-Richland Mid.	1460	1420	1470	1440	1430	1410	1410	1400
Richland Elem.	1380	1380	1440	1410	1370	1400	1360	1390
Wexford Elem.	1480	1440	1430	1480	1430	1420	1380	1410
Allegheny County - Pittsburgh district
Allderdice High	1440	1380	1350	1260	1300	1270	1350	1360
Allegheny Middle	1020	1000	1140	1170	1120	1100	1100	1090
Arlington Elem.	1190	1190	1210	1230	1210	1210	1180	1220
Arlington Middle	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1210	1190	1240	1180
Arsenal Middle	1070	1020	1090	1080	1120	1130	1110	1120
Banksville Elem.	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1400	1280	1310	1310
Beechwood Elem.	1230	1250	1330	1330	n/a	n/a	1320	1310
Belmar Elem.	1320	1290	1300	1210	1310	1340	1120	1200
Beltzhoover Elem.	1190	1170	1160	1160	1150	1060	1210	1200
Bon Air Elem.	1280	1280	1390	1380	1280	1250	1410	1390
Brashear High	1170	1120	1170	1130	1140	1210	1210	1240
Brookline Elem.	1250	1230	1310	1270	1280	1290	1250	1280
Burgwin Elem.	1100	1060	1110	1080	1120	1090	1140	1160
Carmalt Elem. (5)	1190	1180	1170	1190	1200	1250	1230	1210
Carmalt Elem. (8)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1150	1160
Carrick High	1120	1110	1190	1230	1180	1220	1230	1260
Chartiers Elem.	1450	1500	1250	1260	1380	1350	1370	1370
Chatham Elem.	1080	1160	1200	1240	1290	1320	1230	1270
Clayton Elem.	1210	1190	1220	1220	1200	1190	1180	1180
Colfax Elem.	1240	1190	1310	1290	1250	1230	1210	1220
Columbus Middle	1050	1030	1140	1140	1190	1160	1200	1180
Concord Elem.	1260	1330	1310	1340	1270	1310	1310	1320
Crescent Elem.	1080	1070	1100	1090	1080	1080	1230	1220
Dilworth Elem.	1180	1220	1190	1250	1170	1200	1250	1280
East Hills Elem.	1340	1310	1340	1410	1330	1370	1310	1350
Fort Pitt Elem.	1120	1070	1110	1070	1150	1070	1150	1080
Frick Middle	1340	1390	1350	1350	1330	1360	1320	1340
Friendship Elem.	1130	1090	1140	1170	1170	1130	1180	1200
Fulton Elem.	1170	1140	1220	1220	1180	1150	1200	1200
Gladstone Middle	1020	1000	1180	1170	1190	1160	1220	1210
Grandview Elem.	1220	1240	1290	1260	1300	1290	1250	1250
Greenfield Elem.	1320	1270	1340	1260	1340	1300	1380	1320
Greenway Middle	1040	1090	1170	1200	1210	1180	1220	1200
Homewood (5)	1260	1260	1390	1330	1360	1280	1380	1330
Homewood (8)	1260	1330	1330	1300	1250	1230	1320	1310
Knoxville Middle	1120	1160	1160	1150	1200	1200	1200	1120
Langley High	1190	1180	1180	1190	1180	1190	1150	1190
Lemington Elem.	1100	1000	1120	1100	1110	1000	1190	1140
Letsche Ed. Ctr (11)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1030	1050
Letsche Ed. Ctr. (8)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1210	1110
Liberty Elem.	1280	1270	1400	1410	1320	1310	1330	1340
Lincoln Elem.	1130	1110	1210	1100	1240	1240	1220	1190
Linden Elem.	1260	1260	1250	1250	1250	1250	1370	1330
M.L. King Elem.	1130	1060	1110	1110	1160	1090	1220	1220
Madison Elem.	1130	1170	1220	1220	1150	1160	1420	1230
Manchester Elem.	1140	1120	1150	1130	1160	1130	1180	1160
Mann Elem.	1190	1200	1180	1180	1160	1150	1230	1250
McCleary Elem.	1100	1060	1200	1140	1250	1120	1270	1230
McKelvy Elem.	1070	1110	1050	1110	1100	1080	1150	1070
Mifflin Elem. (5)	1270	1260	1310	1300	1250	1240	1290	1330
Mifflin Elem. (8)	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1230	1290
Miller Elem.	1050	1030	1100	1120	1130	1110	1200	1180
Milliones Middle	1150	1160	1090	1120	1080	1150	1100	1120
Minadeo Elem.	1360	1340	1370	1340	1330	1350	1430	1390
Morningside Elem.	n/a	n/a	1160	1200	1200	1160	1190	1160
Morrow Elem.	1210	1200	1250	1240	1220	1210	1330	1280
Murray Elem.	1170	1180	1170	1160	1190	1200	1220	1160
Northview Hts. El.	1110	1120	1120	1120	1100	1070	1140	1130
Oliver High	1050	1120	1120	1150	1090	1150	1130	1090
Overbrook Elem.	1160	1150	1210	1200	1190	1140	1220	1220
Peabody High	1110	1090	1070	1070	1070	1180	1080	1140
Perry High	1150	1170	1230	1260	1220	1240	1210	1230
Phillips Elem.	1220	1260	1270	1280	1240	1290	1290	1310
Pittsburgh CAPA HS	1200	1310	1250	1320	1240	1320	1280	1340
Prospect Middle	1060	1010	1220	1180	1160	1070	1180	1170
Regent Square El.	1160	1190	1240	1210	1260	1240	1280	1190
Reizenstein Middle	1170	1110	1180	1190	1190	1200	1140	1170
Rogers Middle	1210	1230	1230	1300	1290	1380	1330	1360
Rooney Middle	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1100	1150	1140	1190
Roosevelt Elem.	1320	1340	1350	1330	1290	1310	1300	1280
Schaeffer Elem.	1310	1250	1210	1200	1330	1340	1350	1260
Schenley High	1290	1320	1300	1320	1250	1270	1290	1300
Schiller Middle	1210	1190	1220	1220	1260	1280	1250	1270
Secondary Opt. Ctr.	n/a	n/a	1000	1090	1040	1110	1100	1100
Sheraden Elem.