Pequea Valley School District

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Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Pequea Valley School District is in orange at the center right (eastern) side of the map.
Map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. Pequea Valley School District is in orange at the center right (eastern) side of the map.
2006 SAT: average scores
Lancaster County schools
School District Reading Math Writing Total
Cocalico 473 489 467 1429
Columbia Borough 445 435 419 1299
Conestoga Valley 505 513 501 1519
Donegal 511 531 490 1532
Eastern Lancaster County 506 521 494 1521
Elizabethtown Area 501 520 490 1511
Ephrata Area 488 498 472 1458
Hempfield 522 565 505 1592
Lampeter-Strasburg 522 527 501 1550
Lancaster 449 448 448 1316
Manheim Central 503 520 491 1517
Manheim Township 547 565 535 1647
Penn Manor 492 513 474 1479
Pequea Valley 505 508 481 1494
Solanco 506 516 482 1504
Warwick 527 527 509 1563
County average 500 512 484 1496
Pennsylvania average 493 500 483 1476
U.S. average 503 518 497 1518
Possible on each test: 800 points
Source: "Blame it on fried brains",
September 21, 2006 Lancaster New Era

The Pequea Valley School District is a school district of 1927 students educated in 5 schools by 123 teachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[1] It is a member of Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit (IU) 13.

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[edit] District Schools

[edit] Leacock Elementary School

Attendance at Leacock Elementary School in Gordonville, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.53%, essentially the same as the 96.12% scored in the prior year. Students were 88.4% proficient in math, 77.7% proficient in reading.[2]

[edit] Paradise Elementary School

Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Pennsylvania is a "Feeder School", which means it contains only grades below 3rd grade, and does not get tested for AYP.[3]

[edit] Salisbury Elementary School

Attendance at Salisbury Elementary School in Gap, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.11%, essentially the same as the 96.04% scored in the prior year. Students were 81.8% proficient in math, 72.9% proficient in reading.[4]

[edit] Pequea Valley Intermediate School

Attendance at Pequea Valley Intermediate School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 96.10%, essentially the same as the 95.54% scored in the prior year. Students were 71.1% proficient in math, 69.5% proficient in reading.[5]

[edit] Pequea Valley Senior High School

Attendance at Pequea Valley Senior High School in Kinzers, Pennsylvania during the 2005-2006 school year was 92.91%, somewhat higher than the 87.97% scored in the prior year. Students were 57.1% proficient in math, 73.4% proficient in reading. [6]

[edit] Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts

Pennsylvania System of School Assessment
2005-2006 PSSA proficiency levels for Lancaster County schools
School District 3-5 Reading 3-5 Math 6-8 Reading 6-8 Math 9-12 Reading 9-12 Math
Cocalico[1] 67.7% 83.3% 82.7% 79.7% 63.4% 51.7%
Columbia Borough[2] 64.0% 71.1% 66.1% 56.9% 47.7% 25.2%
Conestoga Valley[3] 71.3% 82.1% 76.9% 75.5% 75.7% 68.0%
Donegal[4] 63.0% 69.2% 70.0% 62.1% 70.7% 57.2%
Eastern Lancaster County[5] 69.6% 84.0% 84.2% 78.8% 73.6% 58.4%
Elizabethtown Area[6] 70.6% 81.4% 80.9% 76.9% 72.1% 64.4%
Ephrata Area[7] 67.7% 82.8% 81.1% 71.0% 61.4% 65.0%
Hempfield[8] 80.3% 80.0% 81.3% 79.7% 75.7% 73.4%
Lampeter-Strasburg[9] 83.6% 83.0% 90.0% 84.2% 78.6% 70.1%
Lancaster[10] 45.6% 59.8% 46.5% 42.4% 41.5% 31.2%
Manheim Central[11] 72.1% 79.1% 77.9% 66.8% 74.2% 62.3%
Manheim Township[12] 80.1% 86.9% 90.4% 82.6% 82.7% 76.1%
Penn Manor[13] 70.8% 82.0% 78.3% 73.5% 78.1% 71.0%
Pequea Valley[14] 73.8% 83.9% 68.0% 70.1% 72.8% 56.5%
Solanco[15] 77.7% 83.9% 80.5% 75.1% 73.1% 54.6%
Warwick[16] 71.4% 83.0% 77.5% 75.1% 76.1% 62.5%
In some cases, 2 (or even 3) years were aggregated by Pennsylvania Department of Education

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pequea Valley School District
  2. ^ Leacock Elementary
  3. ^ Paradise Elementary
  4. ^ Salisbury Elementary
  5. ^ Pequea Valley Middle School
  6. ^ Pequea Valley Senior High School