Schools
Riverview and Plum School Districts Move Up in PBT Regional Ranks
The Pittsburgh Business Times released its annual rankings on Friday. Both local school districts moved up in the regional rank.
The Riverview and Plum school districts have improved their rankings among other districts in the region.
The Pittsburgh Business Times released the school district rankings for the Pittsburgh area and for the entire state of Pennsylvania on Friday.
ranked number 30 and ranked 37 out of 105 school districts in the seven-county region around Pittsburgh and as the best-performing statewide. Last year, Riverview placed 34 and Plum was 38.
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Statewide, Riverview ranked 120 out of 497 school districts, improving its rank of 127 last year. However, Plum declined its statewide rank. This year, it placed 159 versus 139 last year.
The newspaper analyzed all the school districts' performance based on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment Exam results.
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Below are the top ten ranked school districts in the Pittsburgh area:
- Upper St. Clair School District
- Mt. Lebanon School District
- North Allegheny School District
- Hampton Township School District
- South Fayette Township School District
- Fox Chapel Area School District
- Peters Township School District
- Quaker Valley School District
- Franklin Regional School District
- Penn-Trafford School District
What are your thoughts on the Pittsburgh Business Times' 2012 rankings? Tell us in the comments.
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