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 the seventh consecutive year.
With the release of the 2017 Spring ISTEP+ results, P-H-M now ranks ranks in the state’s top 4% of public school districts!
- P-H-M’s overall district pass rate (ELA & Math) for grades 3-8 is 70.8%
- P-H-M’s overall district pass rate (ELA & Math) pass rate for grade 10 is 59.9%
P-H-M outperforms the state pass rates:
- State ELA overall pass rate (ELA & Math) for grades 3-8 is 51.5%
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State ELA overall pass rate (ELA & Math) for grade 10 is 34.4%
The following are more examples of P-H-M Excellence:
- Northpoint is Indiana’s #1 public elementary school!
- Discovery ranks #3 out of the state’s 205 public middle schools.
- P-H-M has four schools (Northpoint, Prairie Vista and Horizon Elementary Schools, along with Discovery Middle School) ranked among the state’s top 50 of all 1,437 public schools.
- P-H-M ranks 4th among public school corporations with large high schools (student population more than 500).
ISTEP+ (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress)
The scores below represent percent of students passing ISTEP+ as administered in Spring 2017. Click here to visit the IDOE website to see the statewide results.
Below are P-H-M’s results by subject and grade level compared to the state.
| ELA | Math | |||
| Grade | PHM | State | PHM | State |
| 3 | 83.5% | 69.4% | 74.7% | 57.8% |
| 4 | 83.4% | 65.9% | 80.1% | 62.0% |
| 5 | 81.6% | 62.4% | 82.5% | 65.8% |
| 6 | 76.4% | 66.5% | 72.0% | 59.6% |
| 7 | 79.6% | 65.1% | 66.0% | 50.6% |
| 8 | 78.8% | 61.9% | 78.2% | 55.1% |
| 10 | 76.4% | 60.7% | 64.6% | 36.9% |
IREAD-3 (Indiana Reading Evaluation and Determination)
All third grade students take part in the state’s IREAD exam to demonstrate reading proficiency.
92.7% of P-H-M third graders have passed the IREAD (based on the 2016 Spring-Summer IREAD results).
Click here to visit the IDOE website to see the statewide results.
Penn High School SAT and ACT scores
These results are from the Class of 2017:
SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
- 527 graduates took the SAT with an average score of 1136. The average score in Indiana was 1071.
ACT (American College Testing)
- 505 graduates took the ACT with an average score of 22.9. The average score in Indiana was 22.6.
