In 2011, 94% of Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts achieved the No Child Left Behind Act progress level of 72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math.

In 2011, just 46.9% of Pennsylvania public school districts achieved Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) based on student performance (72% of students reading on grade level and 67% of students demonstrating on grade level math).