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Pennsylvania Distance Learning Charter School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest Performance

2100 Corporate Dr

Wexford PA, 15090, Allegheny County

Phone: 724-933-7300

Ranking:

High School:

(561 out of 626, bottom 10%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(2,234 out of 2,311, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular Other School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	26		23		25		22		22		22		19
Total Students:	509		358		323		327		420		432		639
Kindergarten:	28	5.5%	21	5.9%	10	3.1%	5	1.5%	12	2.9%	11	2.5%	19	3.0%
Grade 1:	31	6.1%	11	3.1%	8	2.5%	14	4.3%	16	3.8%	18	4.2%	16	2.5%
Grade 2:	18	3.5%	11	3.1%	14	4.3%	15	4.6%	18	4.3%	16	3.7%	27	4.2%
Grade 3:	17	3.3%	20	5.6%	15	4.6%	10	3.1%	16	3.8%	17	3.9%	23	3.6%
Grade 4:	19	3.7%	22	6.1%	14	4.3%	13	4.0%	22	5.2%	21	4.9%	21	3.3%
Grade 5:	32	6.3%	16	4.5%	23	7.1%	17	5.2%	19	4.5%	20	4.6%	26	4.1%
Grade 6:	41	8.1%	27	7.5%	20	6.2%	21	6.4%	33	7.9%	27	6.3%	31	4.9%
Grade 7:	41	8.1%	22	6.1%	22	6.8%	25	7.6%	33	7.9%	35	8.1%	46	7.2%
Grade 8:	38	7.5%	35	9.8%	38	11.8%	31	9.5%	34	8.1%	27	6.3%	44	6.9%
Grade 9:	101	19.8%	68	19.0%	66	20.4%	39	11.9%	68	16.2%	81	18.8%	121	18.9%
Grade 10:	57	11.2%	49	13.7%	35	10.8%	42	12.8%	62	14.8%	75	17.4%	88	13.8%
Grade 11:	52	10.2%	30	8.4%	41	12.7%	50	15.3%	60	14.3%	47	10.9%	77	12.1%
Grade 12:	34	6.7%	26	7.3%	17	5.3%	45	13.8%	27	6.4%	37	8.6%	100	15.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	242	47.5%	170	47.5%	149	46.1%	158	48.3%	180	42.9%	185	42.8%	275	43.0%
Female:	267	52.5%	188	52.5%	174	53.9%	169	51.7%	222	52.9%	218	50.5%	327	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	1.0%	2	0.6%	6	1.9%	6	1.8%	8	1.9%	12	2.8%	7	1.1%
Asian:	3	0.6%	5	1.4%	6	1.9%	4	1.2%	5	1.2%	5	1.2%	5	0.8%
Hispanic:	36	7.1%	26	7.3%	15	4.6%	14	4.3%	18	4.3%	18	4.2%	30	4.7%
Black:	107	21.0%	62	17.3%	59	18.3%	59	18.0%	77	18.3%	89	20.6%	134	21.0%
White:	326	64.0%	242	67.6%	229	70.9%	239	73.1%	302	71.9%	287	66.4%	430	67.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	31	6.1%	21	5.9%	7	2.2%	5	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	89	27.6%	129	39.4%	117	27.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.58		15.43		13.03		14.57		19.53		19.60		34.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.3%	N/A	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.9%	N/A	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	18.8%	N/A	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	26.9%	N/A	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A	60%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	N/A	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53.6%	N/A	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.3%	N/A	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	40.6%	N/A	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.8%	N/A	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77%	N/A	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	42.9%	N/A	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	46.9%	N/A	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	17.2%	N/A	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	N/A	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	28.5%	N/A	41.8%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	87.8%	N/A	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	82.5%	N/A	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	63.7%	N/A	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	88.5%	N/A	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.7%	N/A	82.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.9%	N/A	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	38.1%	N/A	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29.4%	N/A	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	35.7%	N/A	84.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	80%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28%	N/A	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	44.5%	N/A	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	47.6%	N/A	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35.3%	N/A	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	28.6%	N/A	75.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.2%	N/A	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	47%	N/A	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35%	N/A	84.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	43.8%	N/A	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	N/A	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	30%	N/A	72.9%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.9%	N/A	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.8%	N/A	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	N/A	81.4%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	13%	N/A	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	13.6%	N/A	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	N/A	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.1%	N/A	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	N/A	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	12.6%	N/A	73.3%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	20.9%	N/A	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	18.2%	N/A	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	44.4%	N/A	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	23.5%	N/A	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	N/A	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	11.1%	N/A	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	4.8%	N/A	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	5.6%	N/A	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	12.5%	N/A	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	15.4%	N/A	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	25%	N/A	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	11.1%	N/A	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	18.2%	N/A	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	20%	N/A	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.6%	N/A	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44.5%	N/A	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50.1%	N/A	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	22.2%	N/A	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	48%	N/A	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.6%	N/A	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	N/A	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	37.6%	N/A	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	37.2%	N/A	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	24.1%	N/A	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44%	N/A	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	32%	N/A	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.6%	N/A	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	41.2%	N/A	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	51.4%	N/A	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	34.4%	N/A	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40.7%	N/A	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	60%	N/A	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48%	N/A	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.2%	N/A	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.5%	N/A	76%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.7%	N/A	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	37.5%	N/A	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	29.2%	N/A	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	N/A	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	45.8%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	35.7%	N/A	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34.4%	N/A	76.4%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	N/A	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.9%	N/A	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75%	N/A	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.8%	N/A	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.8%	N/A	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.3%	N/A	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62%	N/A	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.3%	N/A	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	N/A	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.1%	N/A	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	39.3%	N/A	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	43.3%	N/A	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	4.8%	N/A	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	45%	N/A	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	N/A	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	23.8%	N/A	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	27.3%	N/A	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	N/A	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	46.7%	N/A	72.7%

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* Pennsylvania Distance Learning Charter School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.