Student Attendance A quality school district has an exciting, motivating, and challenging environment which leads to a high student attendance rate.
Year		93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
Kindergarten Elementary Secondary TOTAL		96.0 96.7 94.0 95.5	96.3 96.5 94.3 95.5	96.4 96.8 94.7 96.0	96.22 96.43 94.74 95.63	NA 96.46 94.84 NA	NA 96.33 94.67 NA

Dropout Rate A quality high school meets the needs of all students and retains pupils until graduation.
Year		90-91	91-92	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
State I.U. #13 Penn Manor		2.6% ----- 3.4%	2.5% ----- 2.2%	2.5% ----- 2.6%	2.5% 2.5% 1.9%	2.7% 2.4% 2.8%	2.7% 2.5% 1.3%	1.64%	2.4% 1.6%	2.4

Achievement A quality school district has a strong academic program which leads to above average achievement and continuous improvement. Grade One 1995-2001 During the 1995-96 school year all first grade students were evaluated using the Reading Recovery Observational Survey. One part of the survey, the Reading Recovery book level, has been selected as a measure of quality. Listed below are scores for our first graders listed according to Reading Recovery stanines. While a stanine of 5 is average, we consider a stanine of 6 to be a grade level score. Therefore, 89% of our first graders scored grade level or above in the spring of 1996.
First Grade Reading Scores 1995-96
Stanine		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
											Total
Text Level		Level 0	Level 0	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-13	children
Fall		103	--	--	69	156	63	35	7	12	445
Text Level		Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-12	Level 13-18	Level 19-24	Level 25-29	Level 30-34	children
Spring		1	2	7	11	38	152	233	10	--	444

First Grade Reading Scores 1996-97

Stanine		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Text Level		Level 0	Level 0	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-30	Children
Fall		95	--	--	63	106	80	28	17	28	417
Text Level		Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-12	Level 13-18	Level 19-24	Level 25-29	Level 30-34	Children
Spring		3	3	20	16	30	156	184			412

First Grade Reading Scores 1997-98

Stanine		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Text Level		Level 0	Level 0	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-30	Children
Fall		99	--	--	134	47	40	56	24	25	425
Text Level		Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-12	Level 13-18	Level 19-24	Level 25-29	Level 30-34	Children
Spring		0	0	3	6	37	176	189	5	6	422

 First Grade Reading Scores 1998-99

Stanine		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Text Level		Level 0	Level 0	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-30	Children
Fall		108	--	--	116	54	30	52	21	18	399
Text Level		Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-12	Level 13-18	Level 19-24	Level 25-29	Level 30-34	Children
Spring		0	1	5	15	18	155	190	8	3	395

First Grade Reading Scores 1999-2000

Stanine		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Text Level		Level 0	Level 0	Level 0	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-30	Children
Fall		101	--	--	45	89	63	45	32	10	385
Text Level		Level 2	Level 3	Level 4-5	Level 6-8	Level 9-12	Level 13-18	Level 19-24	Level 25-29	Level 30-34	Children
Spring		3	0	6	8	26	138	117	45	34	377

Grade Four

The Stanford Achievement Test is administered to all fourth grade students in Penn Manor. This is a national achievement test. Scores are reported as national percentiles. Penn Manor scores well above the national average.

		National Percentile		Penn Manor
				94	95	96	97	98	99
Reading Math Language Basic Battery		50 50 50 50		70 74 71 73	66 70 68 71	63 68 63 66	63 64 63 64	63 64 63 64	64 73 66 70

A quality school district scores above the state average and shows a pattern of improvement.

Pennsylvania State Assessment

		State Average		Penn Manor
		1998	1999	1995	1996	1997	1998
Grade 5	Reading Math	1300 1300	1310 1240	1410 1390	1350 1360	1360 1370	1360 1360
Grade 6	Writing	1250	1240	1320	1340	1290	1280
Grade 8	Math Reading	1300 1300	1300 1310	1400 1380	1360 1350	1370 1360	1380 1370
Grade 9	Writing	1360	1340	1410	1380	1330	1390
Grade 11	Math Reading	1300 1300	1300 1300	1350 1320	1310 1270	1260 1220	1320 1310

A quality school district shows a pattern of improvement in Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores.

SAT Scores

		National	State	Penn Manor
1996	Verbal Math	505 508	498 492	515 523
	Total	1013	990	1038
1997	Verbal Math	505 511	498 495	513 515
	Total	1016	993	1028
1998	Verbal Math	505 512	497 495	489 497
	Total	1017	992	986
1999	Verbal Math	503 511	498 495	491 510
	Total	1016	993	1001

SAT - Penn Manor 8 Year History (Recentered Scores)

Year		92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99
Verbal Math		529 515	504 492	498 488	517 515	515 523	513 515	489 497	491 510
Total		1044	996	986	1032	1038	1028	986	1001

A quality school district shows a pattern of improvement in the number of students selecting advanced placement courses.

Advanced Placement Enrollment

Courses		95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
AP Biology AP Chemistry AP Literature/Composition AP American History AP European History AP Calculus AP Art   Total		14 ---- 33 41 20 17 2   127	---- 54 57 29 15 35 6   196	---- 15 7 10 ---- 19 10   61	15 18 11 10 14 30 11   109

Honors

A quality school district shows a pattern of improvement in the number of students qualifying for academic honors.

Honor Roll

Middle Schools (Grades 7 &8 - Third Marking Period)
Type	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
Gold Silver Bronze	10.1% 4.6% 24.7%	7.2% 3.1% 22.3%	8.7% 2.4% 21.7%	8.6% 4.9% 22.1?%	12.9% 3.1% 19.7%

High School (Grades 9 & 12 - Third Marking Period)
Type	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
A A/B	5.5% 20.0%	13.2% 28.7%	9.4% 26.9%	11.75% 26.6%	12.6% 26.9%

Awards and Scholarship Money to Seniors		94-96 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 $177,140 $238,832 $287,375 394,925 392,240

National Merit

Year			93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
National Merit Finalists National Merit Semi-finalists National Merit Commended			0 1 2	1 0 5	1 0 2	0 0 8	0 0 3	0 0 3

Other Factors

A guality school district shows a commitment to reasonable class size.

Average Class Size	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 High School	24.1 24.6 24.3 22.1 25.8 23.1 25.8 24.1 24.8	22.5 24.8 24.5 23.9 22.4 24.0 23.2 27.6 24.3	22.1 24.5 23.3 24.5 24.3 23.2 24.3 24.5 24.8	20.9 23.6 23.6 23.6 24.6 24.3 24.1 24.1 25.1	19.2 22.2 22.6 19.3 23.6 24.1 24.6 NA NA Varies by course

A quality school district shows a pattern of improvement in the number of students pursuing post high school education. (Includes technical and college.) Percentage of Students Seeking Post High School Education.
Year		1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Penn Manor		68%	60.8%	65%	65%	65%	63%