How Did Council Rock Score On The Latest PA School Performance Profile?

The state released its School Performance Profiles from 2015-2016 on Thursday, and Council Rock's scores are in.

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

Overall, Council Rock High School North scored 93.3 and Council Rock High School South scored 91.1.

Here's a look at scores for other Council Rock schools:

• Churchville Elementary: 65.3
• Goodnoe Elementary: 85.4
• Hillcrest Elementary: 87.2
• Holland Elementary: 76.9
• Holland Middle: 70.8
• Maureen M Welch Elementary: 70
• Newtown Elementary: 81.1
• Newtown Middle: 72.3
• Richboro Elementary: 69.3
• Richboro Middle: 72.8
• Rolling Hills Elementary: 75.9
• Sol Feinstone: 79.9
• Wrightstown Elementary: 82.3

Click here to access the entire database of School Performance Profiles, including local results for all Council Rock schools.

On the PSSA for mathematics, Council Rock North scored 89.30 and Council Rock South scored 85.71. In literature, Council Rock North scored 93.29 and Council Rock South scored 90.19. In science/biology, Council Rock North scored 90.51 and Council Rock South scored 87.48.

This year’s School Performance Profile scores are the first to reflect student performance on the new, more rigorous PSSA, according to officials at the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The PSSAs were one of six categories on which each school was graded on the School Performance Profile.

Other factors include indictors of closing the achievement gap, indicators of academic growth, graduation rates, attendance rates and more. Click here to see specific details on how the scores are calculated.

“The process of transitioning to the new, more rigorous PA Core Standards is ongoing, and schools, administrators, and teachers have been working diligently to design curriculum, update lesson plans, and align learning tools to the new standards,” said Department of Education Secretary Pedro A. Rivera. “As these improved resources are instituted in our classrooms, student performance on the PSSA is anticipated to grow."

The other top-performing high schools in the region include North Penn High School, Central Bucks High School East, Haverford High School, Council Rock High School North, Downingtown STEM Academy and Springfield High School in Delaware County.

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

Because the formula used to determine the score is "heavily dependent" on standardized test scores, the department is working with stakeholders to determine how to make it a "better, more holistic measure," Rivera said.

“Schools, teachers, and communities are working hard to prepare Pennsylvania’s students to graduate college and career ready, and to be able to compete in the 21st century job market,” Rivera said.