Summary:
The Southern Huntingdon County School District in Pennsylvania serves students from 3 elementary schools and 1 high school/middle school. While the district faces challenges with high poverty levels and declining high school performance, some elementary schools, like Shade Gap Elementary, stand out with strong academic achievement.
Shade Gap Elementary excels in both math and English Language Arts proficiency, outperforming the other elementary schools in the district. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio among the elementary schools. In contrast, Spring Farms Elementary and Rockhill Elementary have lower proficiency rates, suggesting stark differences in academic performance across the district's elementary schools.
At the high school level, Southern Huntingdon County High School/Middle School has seen a decline in its performance, dropping from a rank of 320 out of 537 Pennsylvania high schools in 2020-2021 to 517 out of 674 in 2022-2023. The school's graduation rate of 87.2% and dropout rate of 1.3% suggest room for improvement, especially given the high rates of free and reduced-price lunch recipients across the district, which may contribute to the academic challenges faced by the schools.
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