Standardized Test Results Propel Bucks County School Districts to Statewide Best-of List
Two Bucks County school districts made the 2022 list of best educational environments across Pa. The analysis — done by the Pittsburgh Business Times — assessed standardized test scores. Ryan Mulligan reported the findings for the Philadelphia Business Journal, PBT‘s sister publication.
The yardstick to measure statewide performance comprised two annual evaluations: The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) and the Keystone Exams.
The former gauges institutional success in instruction on English, Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science/Technology on elementary school levels. The latter, the Keystone Exams, does the same, with the addition of high-school test takers.
The 2022 analysis for Bucks County yielded New Hope-Solebury School District as the highest ranked local result. It landed at No. 18, a one-slot drop from the 2020 result of No. 17.
Central Bucks, Doylestown, came in at No. 36. This, too, represented a slide from the assessment two years ago, when it ranked No. 24.
2022’s top-ten school districts in the state were as follows:
| Rank | School District | County |
| 1 | Upper Saint Claire | Allegheny |
| 2 | Tredyffrin-Easttown | Chester |
| 3 | Fox Chapel Area | Allegheny |
| 4 | Unionville-Chadds Ford | Chester |
| 5 | Lower Merion | Montgomery |
| 6 | Radnor Township | Delaware |
| 7 | Derry Township | Dauphin |
| 8 | Mount Lebanon | Allegheny |
| 9 | Hampton Township | Allegheny |
| 10 | Peters Township | Washington |
More on this story is at the Philadelphia Business Journal.
