Best Public Schools in Atglen, PA


Summary:

The city of Atglen, Pennsylvania is home to 4 schools that serve students from elementary through high school, all part of the Octorara Area School District. While the schools share some common challenges, such as below-average test scores and high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, a few standout schools demonstrate the potential for improvement across the district.

Octorara Primary LC and Octorara Intermediate School both have relatively low student-teacher ratios, which may contribute to their stronger performance on PSSA tests compared to the district and state averages. In contrast, Octorara Area Junior/Senior High School struggles, with only 17.8% of students proficient or better in Algebra I and 43.2% in Biology on the Keystone Exams.

The district's diverse student population, with significant Hispanic/Latino and African American representation, faces socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the high rates of free/reduced lunch recipients across all schools. While this may be a contributing factor to the lower academic performance, the data also suggests that there are opportunities for improvement, such as by sharing best practices from the higher-performing schools like Octorara Elementary School, which ranked 918 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools and performed relatively well on PSSA tests.








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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.





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