Results of recent standardized testing are shown below. In addition to these summative assessments, Penn-Harris-Madison uses formative assessments throughout the instructional process to measure students’ progress toward mastery.
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation has received an “A” grade from the Indiana Department of Education for seven consecutive years!
With the release of the 2019 Spring ILEARN & ISTEP results, P-H-M now ranks ranks 12th in the state for combined ELA & Math scores in grades 3-8.
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For grades 3-8, 67.9% of P-H-M students passed the ELA test and 66.0% passed the Math test. P-H-M’s overall district pass rate for grades 3-8 was 57.9%.
P-H-M students outperformed the state:
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State overall pass rate (ELA) for grades 3-8 is 47.9%
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State overall pass rate (Math) for grades 3-8 is 47.8%
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State overall combined pass rate for ELA/Math for grades 3-8 is 37.1%
Penn High School is 12th among public schools for combined ELA & Math scores for grade 10 and Penn High School outperformed the state by 27.4%.
The following are more examples of P-H-M Excellence. These P-H-M schools are ranked among Indiana’s top public schools based on Spring 2019 ILEARN & ISTEP+ results:
#1 Northpoint
#4 Prairie Vista
#8 Mary Frank
#11 Horizon
ILEARN & ISTEP+
The scores below represent percent of P-H-M students passing ILEARN (grades 3-8), ILEARN Biology (all students enrolled in Biology at the time of testing), and ISTEP+ (grade 10) as administered in Spring 2019. Click here to visit the IDOE website to see all and more detailed results.
Below are P-H-M’s results by subject and grade level compared to the state.
ILEARN
| ELA | Math | |||
| Grade | PHM | State | PHM | State |
| 3 | 66.1% | 46.3% | 74.5% | 58.7% |
| 4 | 70.6% | 45.8% | 77.6% | 54.0% |
| 5 | 73.5% | 47.5% | 70.9% | 47.8% |
| 6 | 61.7% | 47.8% | 55.6% | 46.4% |
| 7 | 67.6% | 49.7% | 59.4% | 42.0% |
| 8 | 67.7% | 50.7% | 59.2% | 38.0% |
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OVERALL COMBINED
ILEARN
ISTEP+ 10 |
67.9% 57.9%
BIOLOGY 58.6%
ELA 82.9% |
47.9% 37.1%
38.6%
62.4% |
66.0%
MATH 62.4% |
47.8%
35.3% |
COMBINED 61.2% 33.8%
IREAD-3 (Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination)
All third grade students take part in the state’s IREAD exam to demonstrate reading proficiency.
93.1% of P-H-M third graders have passed the IREAD (based on the Spring-Summer combined 2019 results). The Indiana state average for public schools was 86.6%.
Click here to visit the IDOE website to see the statewide results.
Penn High School SAT and ACT scores
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
- Class of 2017: 493 graduates took the SAT with an average score of 1132. The average score in Indiana was 1073.
- Class of 2018: 592 graduates took the SAT with an average score of 1135
ACT (American College Testing)
- Class of 2018: 485 graduates took the ACT with an average score of 23.
