SVSD Drops 4 Spots in Statewide Ranking

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to include additional information about the ranking system referenced, and how statewide rankings were compiled.

Saucon Valley School District fell four places—from 64 in 2012 to 68 in 2013—in a recently released annual statewide ranking of Pennsylvania school districts.

The updated, searchable list was published online in an April 5 article by the Pittsburgh Business Times about the top two school districts—Upper St. Clair and Mount Lebanon school districts—both of which are located in the Pittsburgh area.

The rankings were compiled by the Pittsburgh Business Times for its 2013 Guide to Western Pennsylvania Schools, which is a statewide guide.

According to the guide's website, "three years of state standardized tests make up the rankings by district."

According to a Pittsburgh Business Times article about the guide, "the formula for this ranking takes into account three years of PSSA test scores in math, reading, writing and science."

Locally, Palisades School District in Bucks County maintained its 2012 ranking (66th) this year.

Southern Lehigh School District in Lehigh County moved up five places on the list, from 60 in 2012 to 55 in 2013.

The top-rated Lehigh Valley school district, according to the rankings, is Parkland School District, Lehigh County, which moved up one spot on the list, from 39 in 2012 to 38 in 2013.