2016-2017
f ox c hapel a rea s chool d istrict s tate of the s chools
•Fox Chapel Area School District teacher
Alison Francis was named the winner
of the 2017 Carnegie Science Center’s
Elementary Educator Award. Mrs. Francis,
who is the facilitator of the district’s
Creativity and Literacy Program, received
the award for her innovative teaching
and her work as a leader in both STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics) and maker education.
2017 SAT/ACT/PSAT Mean Scores
Fox Chapel Area High School students continue to outscore the state and nation on the SAT,
ACT, and PSAT in all subject areas. The district administered the PSAT to all students in grades
10 and 11 during the 2016-2017 school year. The results of this assessment are being used to
improve outcomes for students on the SAT and to increase college and career readiness.
2017 S enior y eAr SAt m eAn S coreS
Fox Chapel Area
Pennsylvania
Nation
•Superintendent Gene Freeman, Ed.D.,
was elected to the Frick Pittsburgh Board
of Trustees. ERW*
Math
•High school seniors Yelim Lee and Suvir
Mirchandani and junior Shania Khatri
were named among the top 10 and each
received gold medals in Trib Total Media’s
2017 Outstanding Young Citizen
Awards Program. *ERW = Evidence-Based Reading & Writing
A total of 240 members (72 percent) of the 332 students in the Class of 2017 took the SAT during
their junior or senior year.
611
606
540
533
538
533
2017 Act r eSultS
Fox Chapel Area
English
Math
Reading
Science
Composite Score
27.3
26.7
27.7
26.5
27.2
Pennsylvania
23.4
23.4
24.2
23.3
23.7
Nation
20.3
20.7
21.4
21.0
21.0
A total of 121 high school students took the ACT in 2017.
2017 g rAde 10 PSAt m eAn S coreS
Mean Total (ERW* & Math)
Fox Chapel Area
1046
Pennsylvania
964
Nation
938
*ERW = Evidence-Based Reading & Writing
2017 g rAde 11 PSAt m eAn S coreS
Mean Total (ERW & Math)
18 Fox Chapel Area
Fox Chapel Area
1091
Pennsylvania
1004
Nation
1020