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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

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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

top-performing schools in four different areas:

ƀɠLow-income student performance

ƀɠBlack student performance

ƀɠLatino student performance

ƀɠPerformance 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

perfor-mance 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.

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Top 10

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PENNCAN PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013

Performance Gains

Top 10 Elementary Schools

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RANK NAME DISTRICT TYPE OF

SCHOOL % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY

1 Pennsylvania Distance

_{Learning Charter School}

Pennsylvania Distance Learning

Charter School Charter

28.5

2 Turkeyfoot Valley Area

_{Elementary School}

Turkeyfoot Valley Area School

District Traditional

21.6

3 Hardy Williams Academy

Renaissance Advantage

18.2

4 Kittanning Township

_{Elementary School}

Armstrong

School District Traditional

17.4

5 Twin Valley Elementary Center

Twin Valley _{School District} Traditional

15.8

6 Austin Area Elementary School

Austin Area _{School District} Traditional

14.7

7 Osceola Mills Elementary School

Philipsburg-Osceola _{Area School District} Traditional

13.0

8 Penn-Grampian Elementary School

Curwensville Area _{School District} Traditional

12.7

9 Williams Township

_{Elementary School}

Wilson Area

12.0

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

SCHOOL % AT/ABOVE PROFICIENCY

1 Penn-Grampian Elementary School

Curwensville Area _{School District} Traditional

95.5

2 Bruin Elementary School

Karns City Area

91.7 Sligo Elementary School

Union School District Traditional

3 Mapleton-Union Elementary School

Mount Union Area _{School District} Traditional

90.9

4 Oakview Elementary School

West Middlesex Area _{School District} Traditional

89.4

5 Martin School

New Kensington- _{Arnold School District} Traditional

88.4

6 Fulton Academy of Science

Pittsburgh School _District Traditional

88.3

7 Penn-Lincoln Elementary School

Altoona Area _{School District} Traditional

87.4

8 Lakeside Elementary School

Wayne Highlands _{School District} Traditional

86.2

9 Walter M. Senkow

_{Elementary School}

Upper Darby

85.6

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Fulton Academy of Science

Pittsburgh _{School District} Traditional

85.0

2 Russell Byers Charter School

Russell Byers _{Charter School} Charter

79.5

3 Wissahickon Charter School

Wissahickon _{Charter School} Charter

76.8

4 Propel Charter School-McKeesport

Propel Charter _{School-McKeesport} Charter

76.7

5 Powel Samuel School

School District _{of Philadelphia} Traditional

72.9

6 Aldan Magnet School

William Penn _{School District} Traditional

72.0

7 Northwood Academy Charter School

Northwood Academy

71.4

8 Liberty Elementary School

70.3

9 Henry Charles W School

69.2

10 Hardy Williams Academy

Renaissance Advantage

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 Elementary Schools

1 Palmer Elementary School

Easton Area _{School District} Traditional

91.6

2 Bendersville Elementary School

Upper Adams _{School District} Traditional

91.0

3 Spring Garden Elementary School

Bethlehem Area _{School District} Traditional

86.4

4 Middle Smithfield Elementary School

East Stroudsburg _{Area School District} Traditional

81.0

5 Paxinosa Elementary School

Easton Area _{School District} Traditional

80.9

6 Lehigh Valley Academy

_{Regional Charter School}

Lehigh Valley Academy Regional

80.4

7 Arendtsville Elementary School

78.6

8 Stroudsburg Intermediate

_Elementary

Stroudsburg Area

77.9

9 Resica Elementary School

East Stroudsburg _{Area School District} Traditional

76.8

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PENNCAN PENNSYLVANIA TOP TEN SCHOOLS, 2013

Performance Gains

Top 10 Middle Schools

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SCHOOL % POINT CHANGE IN PROFICIENCY

1 KIPP Academy Charter School

KIPP Academy _{Charter School} Charter

26.5

2 Leeds Morris E Middle School

20.9

3 Bear Creek Community

Charter School

Bear Creek Community

19.7 Young Scholars Charter School

Young Scholars _{Charter School District} Charter

4 Overbrook Edu Center

19.0

5 Arlington Elementary School

18.8

6 People for People Charter School

People for People _{Charter School} Charter

18.7

7 Westwood Elementary School

17.7

8 Wakisha Charter School

Wakisha _{Charter School} Charter

17.1

9 Elderton Junior/Senior High School

Armstrong _{School District} Traditional

16.4

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 North Star East Middle School

North Star _{School District} Traditional

95.3

2 Weatherly Area Middle School

Weatherly Area _{School District} Traditional

95.2

3 Greenfield Elementary School

93.8

4 Conwell Russell Middle School

93.1

5 AMY Northwest

88.0

6 West Oak Lane Charter School

West Oak Lane _{Charter School} Charter

86.2

7 Young Scholars Charter School

Young Scholars _{Charter School District} Charter

84.9

8 Midland El/Middle School

Midland Borough _{School District} Traditional

83.9

9 Baldi C.C.A. Middle School

82.1

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Hill J. E./Freedman Samson

98.9

2 Propel Charter School—McKeesport

Propel Charter _{School-McKeesport} Charter

96.2

3 Pittsburgh Montessori

_{Elementary School}

Pittsburgh

88.8

4 Henry Charles W School

88.2

5 Overbrook Edu Center

87.5

6 Mastery Charter School—

_{Thomas Campus}

Mastery Charter School-Thomas

Campus Charter

87.0

7 West Oak Lane Charter School

West Oak Lane _{Charter School} Charter

86.8

8 Young Scholars Charter School

Young Scholars _{Charter School} Charter

86.5

9 AMY Northwest

85.9

10 Mastery Charter School—

_{Shoemaker Campus}

Mastery Charter School-Shoemaker

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 Middle Schools

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1 Conwell Russell Middle School

94.1

2 Northwood Academy Charter School

Northwood Academy _{Charter School} Charter

92.9

3 Pocono Mountain East

_{Junior High School}

Pocono Mountain

92.0

4 Penn/Kidder Campus

Jim Thorpe Area _{School District} Traditional

90.9

5 Independence Charter School

Independence _{Charter School} Charter

86.4

6 Wilson Central Junior High School

Wilson _{School District} Traditional

85.6

7 Fred S. Engle Middle School

Avon Grove _{School District} Traditional

84.3

8 Stroudsburg Junior High School

Stroudsburg Area _{School District} Traditional

83.5

9 Upper Adams Middle School

83.3

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Low-Income Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 City Charter High School

City CHS Charter

80.0

2 Galeton Area School

Galeton Area _{School District} Traditional

72.8

3 Oswayo Valley High School

Oswayo Valley _{School District} Traditional

71.1

4 Shanksville-Stonycreek High School

Shanksville-Stonycreek _{School District} Traditional

68.2

5 Roberto Clemente Charter School

Roberto Clemente _{Charter School} Charter

67.3

6 Frazier High School

Frazier School _District Traditional

66.7

7 Montgomery Senior High School

Montgomery Area _{School District} Traditional

64.4

8 Ridgway Area High School

Ridgway Area _{School District} Traditional

63.7

9 Derry Area Senior High School

Derry Area _{School District} Traditional

61.1

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Black Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Carver High School

87.3

2 Science Leadership Academy

81.4

3 Bodine William W. High School

76.8

4 Academy at Palumbo

75.8

5 Preparatory Charter School

Preparatory _{Charter School} Charter

74.8

6 City Charter High School

City CHS Charter

73.3 Freire Charter School

Freire Charter School Charter

7 Mastery Charter School—

_{Shoemaker Campus}

Mastery Charter School-Shoemaker

Campus Charter

73.0

8 Harrisburg University of Science

_{and Technology High School}

Harrisburg City

72.2

9 Girls High School

70.7

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Latino Student Performance

Top 10 High Schools

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1 Franklin Towne Charter High School

Franklin Towne CHS Charter

84.8

2 Harrisburg University of Science

_{and Technology High School}

Harrisburg City

75.1

3 Bodine William W. High School

74.0

4 Stroudsburg High School

Stroudsburg Area _{School District} Traditional

68.5

5 Roberto Clemente Charter School

Roberto Clemente _{Charter School} Charter

68.4

6 Avon Grove High School

Avon Grove _{School District} Traditional

62.5

7 Oxford Area High School

Oxford Area _{School District} Traditional

58.8

8 East Stroudsburg Senior

_{High School South}

East Stroudsburg

Area School District Traditional

58.6

9 Conestoga Valley Senior High School

Conestoga Valley _{School District} Traditional

58.5

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