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)
422115004966	81	West Newton Elementary School	Public	K-4	1208 Vine Street	West Newton	15089	Westmoreland County	Yough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 872-5877	162	15	10.7	46.9%	149 (92.0%)	3 (1.9%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.6%)	$16,713			$1,556			$15,156	90.5	84.1	212	131
420285006816	82	Eden Hall Upper Elementary School	Public	4-6	3900 Bakerstown Road	Gibsonia	15044	Allegheny County	Pine-Richland School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 443-1450	1,035	73	14.1	9.7%	877 (84.7%)	14 (1.4%)	32 (3.1%)	75 (7.2%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (3.0%)	$16,232			$453			$15,779	90.5	90.4	88	6
422235006967	83	Southern Lehigh Intermediate School	Public	4-6	5438 Route 378	Bethlehem	18034	Northampton County	Southern Lehigh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 861-4040	689	45	15.2	18.3%	549 (79.7%)	10 (1.5%)	63 (9.1%)	54 (7.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.6%)	$19,195			$365			$18,830	90.4	90.3	90	7
421416003286	84	Cynwyd School	Public	K-4	101 W Levering Mill Rd	Bala Cynwyd	19004	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 645-1430	442	36	12.3	14.7%	251 (56.8%)	51 (11.5%)	30 (6.8%)	64 (14.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.4%)	$26,731			$257			$26,474	90.4	93.2	33	51
422421000709	85	Chadds Ford Elementary School	Public	K-5	3 Baltimore Pike	Chadds Ford	19317	Delaware County	Unionville-Chadds Ford School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 388-1112	355	30	12	13.0%	242 (68.2%)	9 (2.5%)	17 (4.8%)	63 (17.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.2%)	$28,312			$466			$27,847	90.3	91.2	71	14
421583000148	86	J H Brooks Elementary School	Public	K-4	1720 Hassam Rd	Moon Township	15108	Allegheny County	Moon Area School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 264-9440	383	25	15.5	27.4%	275 (71.8%)	26 (6.8%)	27 (7.0%)	24 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.1%)	$17,494			$355			$17,139	90.3	89.2	112	26
420771009948	87	Shamona Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 Dorlan Mill Rd	Downingtown	19335	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 458-8703	515	36	14.2	8.2%	317 (61.6%)	5 (1.0%)	16 (3.1%)	152 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)	$14,861			$293			$14,568	90.3	91.9	61	26
421893000232	88	Evergreen Elementary School	Public	K-5	98 Kagey Rd	Collegeville	19426	Montgomery County	Perkiomen Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 409-9751	492	38	12.8	23.0%	370 (75.2%)	25 (5.1%)	33 (6.7%)	32 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	$18,849			$494			$18,356	90.3	90.5	85	3
421851006801	89	Kernsville School	Public	K-5	5051 Kernsville Rd	Orefield	18069	Lehigh County	Parkland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 351-5840	475	35	13.4	28.0%	319 (67.2%)	20 (4.2%)	62 (13.1%)	51 (10.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.4%)	$21,200			$640			$20,560	90.2	92.3	51	38
422529001457	90	Mary C Howse Elementary School	Public	K-5	641 W Boot Rd	West Chester	19380	Chester County	West Chester Area School District	No	No	No	No	(484) 266-1300	474	34	14.1	7.4%	220 (46.4%)	22 (4.6%)	27 (5.7%)	174 (36.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.5%)	$16,230			$376			$15,854	90.1	89.5	105	15

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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.

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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.