The Upper St Clair School District is a public school district serving the Pittsburgh suburb of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania. The District encompasses approximately 10 square miles. Upper Saint Clair School District features three elementary schools for grades K-4: Albert F. Baker Elementary, Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary, and Carl R. Streams Elementary. The school district also includes two middle schools, Fort Couch Middle School and Boyce Middle School. Boyce Middle School contains both 5th level students and 6th level students. Fort Couch Middle School contains grades 7th and 8th grades, and is the oldest running school of the school district, and has recently undergone a renovation. According to 9001 uuh census data, it serves a resident population of 20,053. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 Upper Saint Clair School District provided basic educational services to 4,103 pupils. It employed 286 teachers, 73 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 19 administrators. Upper Saint Clair School District received more than $9.6 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.Academic achievementUpper Saint Clair School District was ranked first out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2011, by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the reading, writing, math and three years of science PSSAs. The district has been ranked first among Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts since 2006.District wide PSSA testing resultsSince 2005 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has used the Pennsylvania System of State Assessments to test students in grades 3 through 8 and 11 in math and reading, in grades 5, 8 and 11 in writing, and in grades 4, 8 and 11 in science. Reading: 2011 - 13% on grade level. State - 72% 2010 - 16%, State - 67% 2009 - 12%, State - 71% 2008 - 13%, State - 69% 2007 - 13% Science 2010 - 81%, State - 40% 2009 - 75%, State - 59% Writing: 2010 - 96%, State - 81% 2009 - 98%, State - 70% 2008 - 98% 2007 - 99% Math: 2011 - 95%, State - 76% 2010 - 96%, State - 71% 2009 - 91%, State - 73% 2008 - 89% 2007 - 86%The state average for Math was 60% in 2010.
