Manheim Township School District
| Manheim Township School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Lancaster County Pennsylvania United States | |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | over 5,000 |
| Colors |
Blue and White |
| Other information | |
| Website | Manheim Township School District |
Manheim Township School District is a suburban, public school district of over 5,000 students in nine schools located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district is well known in the Lancaster County region for its academic achievement, popular quiz bowl team, and performing arts group. The district draws students from a single eponymous township of approximately 23 square miles (60 km2), with over 13,400 residential dwellings, and about 31,300 residents as of 2006. The district's public school population of over 26,000 students in kindergarten through twelfth grades is distributed over twenty-four school buildings: there are six elementary schools (grades K-4), a single 5th and 6th-grade building, one middle school (grades 7 & 8), and one high school (grades 9-12). The district students are 81% white, 7% Asian, 4% black and 8% Hispanic.[1] The district's high school finished construction in 2008. The district budget in 2005 was over $57,000,000. The district's Manheim Township Landis Run Intermediate finished construction in 2012.
The district's colors are blue and white. A traditional rival of the district is Hempfield.
Academic achievement
Manheim Township School District was ranked 39th out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2010 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on student academic performance based on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and two years of science.[2]
- 2009 - 34th
- 2008 - 30th
- 2007 - 38th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.[3]
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Manheim Township School District, was in the 85th percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale (0-99; 100 is state best)[4]
Graduation rate
In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Manheim Township High School's rate was 94% for 2010.[5]
According to traditional graduation rate calculations:
High school
- PSSA Results
- 11th Grade Reading
- 2010 - 79% on grade level (9% below basic). In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders on grade level.[10]
- 2009 - 83% (8% below basic), State - 65%[11]
- 2008 - 82% (6% below basic), State - 65%[12]
- 2007 - 84% (6% below basic), State - 65%[13]
- 11th Grade Math
- 2010 - 70% on grade level (16% below basic). State - 59% of 11th graders are on grade level.
- 2009 - 77% (13% below basic). State - 56%
- 2008 - 79% (11% below basic). State - 56%[14]
- 2007 - 77% (8% below basic). State - 53%
- 11th Grade Science
- 2010 - 58% on grade level. (8% below basic), State - 39% of 11th graders were on grade level.
- 2009 - 64% (6% below basic). State - 40%
- 2008 - 54% (6% below basic). State - 39%
- College remediation
According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 29% of Manheim Township High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.[15] Less than 66% of Pennsylvania high school graduates, who enroll in a four-year college in Pennsylvania, will earn a bachelor's degree within six years. Among Pennsylvania high school graduates pursuing an associate degree, only one in three graduate in three years.[16]Per the Pennsylvania Department of Education, one in three recent high school graduates who attend Pennsylvania's public universities and community colleges takes at least one remedial course in math, reading or English.
Dual enrollment
The high school offers the Pennsylvania dual enrollment program. This state program permits high school students to take courses, at local higher education institutions, to earn college credits. The students continue to have full access to activities and programs at their high school. The college credits are offered at a deeply discounted rate. The state offers a small grant to assist students in costs for tuition, fees and books.[17] Under the Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement, many Pennsylvania colleges and universities accept these credits for students who transfer to their institutions.[18] The Pennsylvania College Credit Transfer System reported in 2009, that students saved nearly $35.4 million by having their transferred credits count towards a degree under the new system.[19]
In 2010, the district received a $2,379 state grant to be used to assist students with tuition, fees and books. The grant program was discontinued in 2011, but the dual enrollment program remains available.
Comparison to other Lancaster County school districts
| 2012 SAT: average scores Lancaster County schools | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District | Verbal | Math | Writing | Total |
| Cocalico | 498 | 515 | 491 | 1504 |
| Columbia Borough | 463 | 471 | 431 | 1365 |
| Conestoga Valley | 508 | 523 | 492 | 1523 |
| Donegal | 501 | 488 | 476 | 1465 |
| Eastern Lancaster County | 490 | 506 | 468 | 1464 |
| Elizabethtown Area | 510 | 522 | 486 | 1518 |
| Ephrata Area | 508 | 523 | 477 | 1508 |
| Hempfield | 519 | 547 | 499 | 1565 |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 526 | 542 | 512 | 1580 |
| Lancaster | 415 | 426 | 402 | 1243 |
| Manheim Central | 510 | 514 | 496 | 1520 |
| Manheim Township | 537 | 557 | 524 | 1618 |
| Penn Manor | 497 | 516 | 479 | 1492 |
| Pequea Valley | 479 | 494 | 466 | 1439 |
| Solanco | 487 | 489 | 460 | 1436 |
| Warwick | 522 | 532 | 499 | 1553 |
| County average | 498 | 510 | 479 | 1487 |
| Pennsylvania average | 473 | 481 | 450 | 1404 |
| U.S. average | 497 | 514 | 489 | 1500 |
| Possible on each test: 800 points | ||||
| Source: Public School SAT Scores, PA Department of Education | ||||
| U.S. Average Source: 2011 SAT Report, CollegeBoard | ||||
| Pennsylvania System of School Assessment 2011-2012 PSSA proficiency levels for Lancaster County schools | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District | 3-5 Reading | 3-5 Math | 6-8 Reading | 6-8 Math | 11 Reading | 11 Math |
| Cocalico | 82.7% | 86.1% | 85.8% | 89.5% | 68.1% | 61.4% |
| Columbia Borough | 60.9% | 72.4% | 53.2% | 67.3% | 46.8% | 45.3% |
| Conestoga Valley | 76.3% | 84.9% | 83.9% | 90.0% | 82.7% | 75.0% |
| Donegal | 73.1% | 82.5% | 71.5% | 82.9% | 62.3% | 51.8% |
| Eastern Lancaster County | 72.5% | 81.7% | 79.9% | 84.0% | 74.4% | 68.1% |
| Elizabethtown Area | 70.8% | 80.3% | 76.6% | 85.4% | 72.2% | 67.3% |
| Ephrata Area | 77.4% | 87.7% | 79.1% | 85.4% | 72.3% | 75.7% |
| Hempfield | 85.5% | 89.8% | 86.5% | 88.8% | 76.6% | 73.8% |
| Lampeter-Strasburg | 89.0% | 91.0% | 86.9% | 90.7% | 86.1% | 81.0% |
| Lancaster | 50.5% | 63.5% | 46.4% | 55.4% | 43.9% | 32.6% |
| Manheim Central | 76.6% | 83.7% | 84.3% | 90.1% | 64.6% | 64.5% |
| Manheim Township | 80.1% | 90.2% | 85.9% | 88.0% | 77.7% | 72.1% |
| Penn Manor | 75.5% | 86.4% | 80.7% | 85.6% | 76.3% | 69.7% |
| Pequea Valley | 77.7% | 86.4% | 68.9% | 74.4% | 72.2% | 52.0% |
| Solanco | 82.9% | 88.5% | 85.6% | 87.9% | 69.6% | 56.5% |
| Warwick | 79.5% | 83.7% | 86.6% | 87.1% | 77.8% | 72.8% |
| Source: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/school_assessments/7442 | ||||||
See also
External links
References
- ↑ New York Times. "Diversity in the Classroom - Manheim Township School District". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ↑ Pittsburgh Business Times (May 1, 2010). "Statewide Honor Roll.".
- ↑ "Three of top school districts in state hail from Allegheny County,". Pittsburgh Business Times,. May 23, 2007.
- ↑ "2009 PSSA RESULTS Manheim Township School District,". The Morning Call. Retrieved March 2011.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education (March 15, 2011). "New 4-year Cohort Graduation Rate Calculation Now Being Implemented".
- ↑ "Manheim Township School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2010 data table". Retrieved April 7, 2011.
- ↑ "Manheim Township School District Academic Achievement Report Card 2010".
- ↑ The Times-Tribune (June 25, 2009). "Manheim Township School District Graduation Rates 2008".
- ↑ Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. "High School Graduation rate 2007". Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ↑ "2010 PSSAs: Reading, Math, Writing and Science Results".
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education (September 14, 2010). "2009 PSSAs: Reading, Math, Writing and Science Results".
- ↑ "The 2008 PSSA Mathematics and Reading School Level Proficiency Results (by Grade and School Total)". August 2008.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education. "PSSA Math and Reading results by School and Grade 2007".
- ↑ "Math PSSA Scores by District 2007-08 Manheim Township School District Results". The Times-Tribune. June 25, 2009.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education (January 2009). "Pennsylvania College Remediation Report".
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education. "Pennsylvania Department of Education - Dual Enrollment Guidelines.".
- ↑ "Pennsylvania Transfer and Articulation Agreement.". March 2010.
- ↑ Pennsylvania Department of Education. (April 29, 2010). "Report: PA College Credit Transfer System Makes Higher Education More Affordable, Accessible".
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