School districts do not track how many students actually attend or go on to graduate from college. Average daily membership includes not only number in attendance, but also students who might have transferred into the district in the middle of the school year. The general fund expenditures do not include a district's debt service or any grant money. The Pennsylvania State Student Assessment test is given every year to students. Reading and math are tested in fifth, eighth and 11th grades.
Writing is tested in sixth and ninth grades.
The numbers were gathered for the past four years. The Scholastic Assessment Test is a national college entrance exam. Students can score up to an 800 on the math portion and an 800 on the verbal portion. Scores are for the students taking the test in the 1999-2000 school year. The average number of children in any given classroom.