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Test scores

Heston Edward Sch · Philadelphia, PA
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PSSA + Keystone, SY 2024-25

All grades, all students. % Proficient or Advanced.
English Language Arts / Literature
11.9%
State avg 51.1%
District avg 35.7%
County avg 34.1%
+3.7pp since 2023-24
Mathematics / Algebra I
3.7%
State avg 43.0%
District avg 25.3%
County avg 23.2%
+1.5pp since 2023-24
Science / Biology
N/A
State avg 50.6%
District avg 33.4%
County avg 31.9%

What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.

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 37.7%49.2%130.0%54.2%12N/AN/AN/A
Grade 410.7%48.9%2810.7%51.2%28N/AN/AN/A
Grade 510.0%45.2%306.3%44.4%32N/AN/AN/A
Grade 613.0%51.3%230.0%38.3%22N/AN/AN/A
Grade 714.3%50.0%210.0%34.4%21N/AN/AN/A
Grade 815.8%50.1%190.0%31.1%20N/AN/AN/A

2-year history

All grades, all students. Heston Edward   Pennsylvania avg

English Language Arts / Literature

5582023-2451122024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-2511.9%35.7%34.1%51.1%
SY 2023-248.2%36.8%35.9%55.1%

Mathematics / Algebra I

4122023-244342024-25
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-253.7%25.3%23.2%43.0%
SY 2023-242.2%22.6%20.9%41.4%

Science / Biology

63262023-24
YearSchoolDistrictCountyState
SY 2024-25N/A33.4%31.9%50.6%
SY 2023-2425.8%38.9%40.0%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 11.9% mean for English Language Arts / Literature at Heston Edward Sch?
It means about 11.9 percent of students tested at Heston Edward 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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