PA School Performance Profile: Harriton High School

BRYN MAWR, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education released its 2016-2017 School Performance Profile scores recently, and we have Harriton High School's score right here.

According to the SPP data provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harriton Merion High School's score decreased from last year's SPP score.

The school's score overall dropped from 2015-2016's 94.7 to 93.9 in 2016-2017.

Harriton's scores in math, English language arts, and science and biology came in at 81.03, 92.61, and 83.75, respectively. In the 2015-2016 profile, Harriton scored 90.88, 95.64, and 89.38 in those same categories.

The school saw an uptick in graduation rates, the data shows. Harriton's rates went from 96.09 in 2015-2016 t0 96.67 in 2016-2017.

You can see Harriton High School's full SPP report here.

Harriton's sister school Lower Merion High School saw an increase in its 2016-2017 SPP score. See Lower Merion High School's report here.

The assessment, done each year, gives each school a score of up to 100 using several factors, including test scores, student improvement from the past year, as well as graduation rates.

Points earned for each data element are calculated by multiplying the performance measure by the factor value. All earned points are then added to determine the total number of points. That total is then divided by the total number of possible points for the school's calculated score. Additional credit is given for advanced achievement to determine a final score.

Officials say the School Performance Profile is just one indicator of how schools are supporting student learning.

SPPs not only just grades schools, it provides information for various purposes such as:

• Provides a building level academic score for educators as part of the Educator Effectiveness System;
• provides information used in determining federal accountability status for Title I schools;
• informs the public of the academic performance measures of each school, comprehensive career and technical center, cyber charter and charter school in Pennsylvania;
• and provides resources to support schools as they seek to improve academic performance.

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