 In October 2015, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale reported that Valley Junior Senior HIgh School was among the 561 academically challenged schools that had been overlooked by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.He also reported the Pennsylvania Department of Education failed to take any action to remediate the poorly performing schools to raise student academic achievement or to provide them with targeted professional assistance.New Kensington–Arnold School District was ranked 474th out of 493 Pennsylvania school districts by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 2016.