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The State College Area School District (SCASD) is a large, suburban/rural public school district based in State College, Pennsylvania that serves students and includes public schools in the Borough of State College, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding townships of College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris, and Patton. State College Area School District encompasses approximately . According to 2008 local census data, the district served a resident population of 86,106. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the State College Area School District provided basic educational services to 7,096 pupils through the employment of 635 teachers, 712 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 36 administrators. State College Area School District received more than $16.9 million in state funding in school year 2007-08. The State College Area School District provides schooling for approximately 7,000 students in the 2011-12 school year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State College Area School District Figures )〕 The District is the third largest employer in Centre County. It is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of nine members. Each board member is elected for a four-year term of office. This district operates nine elementary schools, three secondary schools (two middle schools and one high school), and charters four schools for operation. ==Academic achievement== State College Area School District was ranked 26th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on the last three years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: reading, mathematics, science and writing. .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Statewide Honor Roll Rankings 2012 )〕 The PSSAs are given to all children in grades 3rd through 8th and the 11th grade in high school. Adapted examinations are given to children in the special education programs. *2011 - 26th *2010 - 29th *2009 - 30th *2008 - 34th *2007 - 37th In 2012, the ''Pittsburgh Business Times'' also reported an Overachievers Ranking for 498 Pennsylvania school districts. State College Area School District ranked 131st. In 2011, the district was 113th. 〔Pittsburgh Business Times, Statewide Overachivers Ranking Information, April 6, 2012〕 The editor describes the ranking as: "a ranking answers the question - which school districts do better than expectations based upon economics? This rank takes the Honor Roll rank and adds the percentage of students in the district eligible for free and reduced-price lunch into the formula. A district finishing high on this rank is smashing expectations, and any district above the median point is exceeding expectations."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overachiever statewide ranking )〕 In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students of State College Area School District was in the 82nd percentile of Pennsylvania's 500 school districts. Scale (0-99; 100 is state best).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State College Area School District 2009 PSSA Results )〕 In 2010 and 2011, State College Area School District achieved AYP status under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.〔Pennsylvania Department of Education, State College Area School District AYP Overview, September 29, 2011〕 In 2011, 94 percent of the 500 Pennsylvania Public School Districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math. In 2011, 46.9 percent of Pennsylvania school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance. An additional 37.8 percent of school districts made AYP based on a calculated method called safe harbor, 8.2 percent on the growth model and 0.8 percent on a two-year average performance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「State College Area School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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