DV one of only 3 districts in northeast PA to exceed all averages on state tests, SATS

From The Scranton Times-Tribune:

Only three of 37 school districts in Northeast Pennsylvania exceed all averages on state tests and the SAT, according to Times-Shamrock Newspapers' annual analysis of academic performance.

The districts - Crestwood, Dallas and Delaware Valley - outperformed the other districts in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties.

Per-pupil spending at DV was $11,424, according to the Times database. Of the 501 Pennsylvania school districts in the database, 348 or about 70 percent of PA school districts spend more money than DV. 

DV schools the highest marks of the 37 NEPA school districts in the following testing categories, which are listed at the bottom of the Grading our Schools article:

Third-grade math
Highs: Delaware Valley, 95.2 percent; Abington Heights, 92.5 percent

- Fourth-grade math
Highs: Delaware Valley, 96.5 percent; Susquehanna Community, 92 percent

- Fourth-grade reading
Highs: Delaware Valley, 90.3; Abington Heights, 85.3 percent

- Fifth-grade reading
Highs: Delaware Valley, 81.2 percent; Dallas, 80.8 percent

- Sixth-grade reading
Highs: Abington Heights, 87.2 percent; Delaware Valley, 87.2 percent

- Seventh-grade math
Highs: Delaware Valley, 91.2 percent; Abington Heights, 88.5 percent

- Seventh-grade reading
Highs: Abington Heights, 91.5 percent; Delaware Valley, 87.9 percent

- 11th-grade reading
Highs: Delaware Valley, 81.4 percent; Carbondale Area, 81.1 percent

While 3/4 of northeast PA schools miss PSSA targets, DV soars

The Scranton Times-Tribune ran an article about schools in northeast Pennsylvania that did not meet all of the PSSA (Pennsylvania System of School Assessments) tests–three-fourths of the 37 districts to be exact. Delaware Valley did indeed meet all targets, and is even mentioned for one particularly high achievement:

Delaware Valley’s fourth grade, at 96.5 percent, had the highest proficiency rate for math among all tested grades in the 37 school districts. Four hundred students were tested.