The School District of the City of Monessen's Monessen Elementary Center was cited in a state report regarding irregularities in the PSSA testing. After an investigation, the District was required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education to develop a plan to remediate the issues involved. Statewide 48 school districts or charter programs had suspicious results in the exams administered in 2009, 2010, or 2011. The scandal calls into question much of the student academic growth touted by the Rendell Administration which conspicuously ignored the Data Recognition Corporation forensic erasure analysis. In 2014, Monessen City School District's graduation rate was 83%. Monessen Senior High School is located at 1245 State Road, Monessen. Per the PDE, the enrollment was 258 pupils in 2013, with 69% coming from low income homes. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 276 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 151 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. The school is a federally designated Title I school. The school employed 26 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 11:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind. Monessen Senior High School achieved 50.5 out of 100. Reflects on grade level reading, mathematics and science achievement. In reading/literature – 60.78% were on grade level. In Algebra 1, 52% showed on grade level skills. In Biology, 14.5% showed on grade level science understanding. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 2,181 public schools (less than 73 percent of Pennsylvania public schools), achieved an academic score of 70 or higher. Pennsylvania 11th grade students no longer take the PSSAs. Instead, they now take the Keystone Exams at the end of the associated course. In 2012, Monessen High School declined to Warning AYP status. In 2010 and 2011, Monessen High School achieved AYP status. Effective with Spring 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education discontinued administering the PSSA's to 11th graders. In 2008 and 2009, Monnessen High School declined to Warning AYP status.  11th Grade Reading:  11th Grade Math:  11th Grade Science:  According to a Pennsylvania Department of Education study released in January 2009, 28% of the Monessen High School graduates required remediation in mathematics and or reading before they were prepared to take college level courses in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education or community colleges.