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Test scores

Falling Spring El Sch · Chambersburg, PA
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PSSA + Keystone, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Proficient or Advanced.
English Language Arts / Literature
52.9%
State avg 51.1%
District avg 52.2%
County avg 51.9%
-4.6pp since 2023-24
Mathematics / Algebra I
52.1%
State avg 43.0%
District avg 39.0%
County avg 42.0%
-5.0pp since 2023-24
Science / Biology
N/A
State avg 50.6%
District avg 49.9%
County avg 50.0%

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.7pp
above demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

By grade, SY 2024-25

School score vs state average per tested grade.
GradeEnglish Language Arts / LiteratureMathematics / Algebra IScience / Biology
SchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten testedSchoolStaten tested
Grade 350.0%49.2%2646.2%54.2%26N/AN/AN/A
Grade 448.8%48.9%4355.8%51.2%43N/AN/AN/A
Grade 558.0%45.2%5052.0%44.4%50N/AN/AN/A

2-year history

All grades, all students. Falling   Pennsylvania avg

English Language Arts / Literature

55582023-2451532024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2552.9%52.2%51.9%51.1%
SY 2023-2457.5%54.7%55.6%55.1%

Mathematics / Algebra I

41572023-2443522024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2552.1%39.0%42.0%43.0%
SY 2023-2457.1%37.9%40.5%41.4%

Science / Biology

63822023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-25N/A49.9%50.0%50.6%
SY 2023-2481.8%62.6%62.5%62.7%

How to read these scores

What is PSSA + Keystone?
PSSA + Keystone is the statewide standardized test administered by Pennsylvania public schools.
What does "% Proficient or Advanced" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 52.9% mean for English Language Arts / Literature at Falling Spring El Sch?
It means about 52.9 percent of students tested at Falling Spring El Sch performed at grade level or above on the PSSA + Keystone English Language Arts / Literature test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Pennsylvania that year was 51.1%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Pennsylvania, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) for grades 3-8 and Keystone Exams (Literature, Algebra I, Biology) at the high-school level. School-level All Students subgroup, "Percent Proficient and above" column from the PDE school-level data downloads. Top 2 of 4 PA performance levels (Proficient + Advanced).
How often is it updated?
PSSA + Keystone is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.

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