Best Public Schools in Shoemakersville, PA

Summary:

The city of Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania has just one public elementary school, Perry Elementary School, which serves grades K-5 and is part of the Hamburg Area School District. Despite the district's relatively low ranking of 411 out of 610 school districts in Pennsylvania, Perry Elementary stands out as a high-performing school within the district.

Perry Elementary consistently ranks in the top half of Pennsylvania elementary schools, with a ranking of 661 out of 1,526 schools in the most recent year. The school's PSSA test scores are significantly higher than the district and state averages across multiple subjects and grade levels, with 65.6% of all students proficient or better in Math, compared to 37.5% for the district and 40.4% for the state. Additionally, Perry Elementary has a relatively low dropout rate of 1.6% and spends $19,133 per student, which is higher than the state average.

Overall, Perry Elementary School appears to be a standout performer within the Hamburg Area School District, providing a quality education to its diverse student population and outpacing both district and state averages in key metrics such as test scores and dropout rates.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				PSSA Math (2024)				PSSA Science (2024)		PSSA English Language Arts (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Perry Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Fourth Street	Shoemakersville	19555	Berks County	Hamburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 562-3024	334	29	11.6	42.5%	292 (87.4%)	4 (1.2%)	24 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.2%)	62.2	661^st of 1526 public elementary schools	56.7%		56.4	769^th of 1534 public elementary schools	49.9%	108	70.2	71.4	55.8	65.6	79.6	79.6	42.5	49.0	55.8	49.3	$19,133	$1,009	$18,124

Cities Near Shoemakersville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Leesport	3.54 mi	4	415^th
Hamburg	3.89 mi	3	627^th
Blandon	5.38 mi	1	247^th
Fleetwood	6.75 mi	3	364^th
Reading	7.35 mi	32	688^th

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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.

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