Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSSA test scores by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1526)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
421641005154	301	Buck Elementary School	Public	K-4	143 Top Rd	Levittown	19056	Bucks County	Neshaminy School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 809-6300	586	32	18.1	18.6%	460 (78.5%)	10 (1.7%)	50 (8.5%)	41 (7.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.9%)	$17,050			$251			$16,799	79.5	74.4	396	95
421476001894	302	Russell Elementary School	Public	K-5	2201 Sproul Rd	Broomall	19008	Delaware County	Marple Newtown School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 359-4310	374	37	10.2	30.5%	284 (75.9%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.7%)	51 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.2%)	$22,279			$804			$21,475	79.5	77.4	331	29
421179002575	303	Rohrerstown Elementary School	Public	K-6	2200 Noll Drive	Lancaster	17603	Lancaster County	Hempfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 299-7126	446	34	13.1	99.3%	234 (52.5%)	19 (4.3%)	115 (25.8%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (14.3%)	$16,480			$781			$15,699	79.4	75.8	356	53
422256010007	304	Brooke Elementary School	Public	K-4	339 N Lewis Rd	Royersford	19468	Montgomery County	Spring-Ford Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 705-6006	409	33	12.3	28.4%	238 (58.2%)	18 (4.4%)	63 (15.4%)	62 (15.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.4%)	$19,661			$503			$19,158	79.4	76.2	349	45
420609001479	305	Clarion-Limestone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4091 C-L School Road	Strattanville	16258	Clarion County	Clarion-Limestone Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 764-6006	406	35	11.4	55.2%	391 (96.3%)	7 (1.7%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$16,778			$1,360			$15,418	79.3	74.6	390	85
420489007614	306	Muse Elementary School	Public	K-4	40 Muse School St	Muse	15317	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 745-9014	760	47	16	31.6%	636 (83.7%)	31 (4.1%)	16 (2.1%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (8.4%)	$12,437			$691			$11,747	79.2	79.2	298	8
421311002606	307	Hans Herr Elementary School	Public	3-5	1600 Book Rd	Lampeter	17537	Lancaster County	Lampeter-Strasburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 464-3311	629	43	14.6	31.6%	509 (80.9%)	19 (3.0%)	60 (9.5%)	10 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	29 (4.6%)	$13,895			$733			$13,162	79.1	75.9	355	48
422244001180	308	Ehrman Crest Elementary School	Public	K-4	2070 Ehrman Rd	Cranberry Township	16066	Butler County	Seneca Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 538-3680	789	53	14.9	19.0%	702 (89.0%)	6 (0.8%)	38 (4.8%)	11 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.9%)	$15,286			$940			$14,346	79.1	76.7	338	30
420357003459	309	Hanover Elementary School	Public	K-5	3890 Jacksonville Rd	Bethlehem	18017	Northampton County	Bethlehem Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 691-3210	224	17	12.8	22.3%	162 (72.3%)	9 (4.0%)	39 (17.4%)	11 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	$16,718			$702			$16,016	79	78.4	317	8
421836001319	310	Towamensing Elementary School	Public	K-6	7920 Interchange Rd	Lehighton	18235	Carbon County	Palmerton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 681-4024	332	30	11.1	39.5%	305 (91.9%)	2 (0.6%)	19 (5.7%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$15,634			$763			$14,870	79	67.1	550	240

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSSA Math, PSSA English Language Arts, PSSA Science test scores released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 13, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.