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Pine-Richland SD says 2025 data put district in top decile statewide; two grades flagged for growth work
Summary
Pine-Richland SD presented 2025 results showing top-decile performance across statewide assessments, strong AP participation and SAT averages, and identified 4th-grade math and 6th-grade ELA as areas needing targeted growth.
Pine-Richland SD presented its 2025 academic achievement and growth report on Dec. 4, saying districtwide results placed the district in the top decile of Pennsylvania for multiple standardized measures and highlighting progress across Keystone exams, AP participation and college-entrance tests.
Doctor Justice, who led the presentation, told the joint governance meeting the district’s aim is to combine high achievement with measurable year-over-year growth. "We did meet the top decile in every single measure," Doctor Justice said, noting the district’s aim is to be in the “top right quadrant” — both high achievement and growth.
The presentation cited Keystone results in which Pine-Richland students ranked in the state’s top percentiles: biology in the top 1% and literature among the top few percent. District officials said many students take Algebra I in eighth grade and Keystone literature in ninth grade, which the district uses to assess cumulative learning across grades.
Administrators also reported on advanced-course participation and college-readiness measures. The district said 552 students took at least one AP course last year, producing a total of 1,303 AP exam registrations; 84% of those exam attempts scored a 3 or higher. The district’s SAT averages were reported as 608 (evidence-based reading and writing) and 601 (math), for a combined district average of 1,206. Presenters noted national and state participation trends when interpreting those numbers.
Officials cautioned that year-to-year comparisons must account for differences in test design and administration. They said Pennsylvania’s move to technology-enhanced online items and full statewide online administration in spring 2026 will affect future results and that interpreting growth requires attention to cohort and assessment changes.
Board members and attendees praised the sustained performance while pressing administrators on two specific growth gaps the report flagged — fourth-grade math and sixth-grade ELA — which district staff said are priorities for instructional adjustments and monitoring this year.
The district staff said they will continue to use benchmark and growth metrics to guide classroom-level work and report follow-up steps to the board in future updates.
