Best Public Schools in Centre County, Pennsylvania & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2024)	Keystone Exams Biology (2024)	Keystone Exams Literature (2024)	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	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science 8th 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 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Nittany Valley Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	1612 Norma St	State College	16801	Centre County	Nittany Valley Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(814) 867-3842	47	5	8.7	23.4%	44 (93.6%)	1 (2.1%)	1 (2.1%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										24.0										68.0	$17,620	$377	$17,243
Corl Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	235 Corl St	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-1185	226	19	11.9	19.9%	178 (78.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	23 (10.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.1%)	88.4	124^th of 1526 public elementary schools	91.9%		87.7	141^st of 1534 public elementary schools	90.8%	17				68.5	78.3	79.0				75.7	100.0		100.0	71.5	76.6	84.2				77.5	$19,677	$620	$19,057
Easterly Parkway Elementary School	Public	K-5	234 Easterly Pkwy	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-1170	320	32	9.9	38.4%	191 (59.7%)	31 (9.7%)	24 (7.5%)	38 (11.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (11.3%)	73	436^th of 1526 public elementary schools	71.4%		69.1	514^th of 1534 public elementary schools	66.5%	78				66.1	56.8	57.5				60.6	93.2		93.2	62.1	63.6	64.6				63.3	$21,672	$1,465	$20,207
Radio Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 W Cherry Ln	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-4115	432	34	12.6	19.0%	261 (60.4%)	10 (2.3%)	19 (4.4%)	102 (23.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (9.0%)	84.3	203^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	86.7%		87.3	151^st of 1534 public elementary schools	90.2%	52				73.0	73.4	63.2				69.3	86.7		86.7	77.7	75.0	76.3				76.4	$18,620	$621	$18,000
State College Area High School	Public	8-12	650 Westerly Pkwy	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-1111	2,347	204	11.5	22.0%	1,769 (75.4%)	74 (3.2%)	139 (5.9%)	182 (7.8%)	4 (0.2%)	5 (0.2%)	174 (7.4%)	94	25^th of 686 public high schools	96.4%		91.6	29^th of 674 public high schools	95.7%	4	76.2	80.1	86.9																		$20,149	$514	$19,635
Park Forest Elementary School	Public	K-5	2181 School Dr	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-5010	413	30	13.7	18.9%	322 (78.0%)	9 (2.2%)	23 (5.6%)	22 (5.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (8.5%)	87.4	144^th of 1526 public elementary schools	90.6%		85.6	180^th of 1534 public elementary schools	88.3%	36				74.7	75.4	74.1				74.7	97.0		97.0	71.8	70.8	83.8				75.9	$20,639	$788	$19,851
Park Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	2180 School Dr	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 272-8217	808	60	13.3	15.3%	629 (77.8%)	15 (1.9%)	26 (3.2%)	84 (10.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	49 (6.1%)	93.7	39^th of 891 public middle schools	95.6%		91.2	51^st of 893 public middle schools	94.3%	12							56.0	63.2	59.6	59.5		82.6	82.6				79.5	80.8	79.8	80.0	$21,402	$463	$20,939
Spring Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	217 Scholl St	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-5026	381	27	14.1	19.9%	314 (82.4%)	6 (1.6%)	15 (3.9%)	16 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.9%)	88.4	126^th of 1526 public elementary schools	91.7%		85.2	186^th of 1534 public elementary schools	87.9%	60				75.5	70.2	71.6				72.3	93.0		93.0	81.6	77.2	85.1				81.5	$19,208	$961	$18,247
Mount Nittany Elementary School	Public	K-5	700 Brandywine Drive	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 272-5970	424	33	12.9	22.4%	344 (81.1%)	12 (2.8%)	13 (3.1%)	29 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.1%)	81.6	251^st of 1526 public elementary schools	83.6%		82.2	237^th of 1534 public elementary schools	84.6%	14				73.3	68.8	55.5				66.1	93.5		93.5	74.7	72.1	68.3				71.8	$19,871	$1,112	$18,759
Mount Nittany Middle School	Public	6-8	656 Brandywine Dr	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 466-5133	712	63	11.2	23.0%	551 (77.4%)	19 (2.7%)	30 (4.2%)	51 (7.2%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	58 (8.1%)	89.7	65^th of 891 public middle schools	92.7%		88.7	74^th of 893 public middle schools	91.7%	9							57.6	55.6	46.8	53.1		76.0	76.0				76.6	77.2	70.1	74.5	$21,999	$511	$21,488
Ferguson Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 West Pine Grove Rd	Pine Grove Mills	16868	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-4119	290	23	12.4	15.2%	236 (81.4%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.1%)	30 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	88.2	131^st of 1526 public elementary schools	91.4%		91	74^th of 1534 public elementary schools	95.2%	57				72.4	81.1	76.1				76.7	96.2		96.2	68.1	83.0	82.6				78.1	$20,647	$623	$20,024
Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1530 Westerly Parkway	State College	16801	Centre County	Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(814) 237-9727	344	38	9.0	46.2%	210 (61.0%)	53 (15.4%)	15 (4.4%)	18 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	46 (13.4%)	52.5	830^th of 1526 public elementary schools	45.6%		60.6	686^th of 1534 public elementary schools	55.3%	144				56.8	50.0	27.2	28.6	50.0	48.2	45.5	75.0	79.3	76.8	63.6	53.8	45.4	50.0	89.3	72.4	62.6	$18,554	$616	$17,938
Pleasant Gap Elementary School	Public	K-5	230 S Main St	Pleasant Gap	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 359-2739	199	21	9.4	32.2%	182 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	74.1	417^th of 1526 public elementary schools	72.7%		67.7	541^st of 1534 public elementary schools	64.7%	124				50.0	80.0	68.8				66.0	93.4		93.4	50.0	80.0	65.7				64.9	$24,943	$2,506	$22,437
Centre Learning Community Charter School	Public, Charter	5-8	2643 W College Ave	State College	16801	Centre County	Centre Learning Community Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(814) 861-7980	67	7	9.7	35.8%	64 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	78	160^th of 891 public middle schools	82.0%		81.4	135^th of 893 public middle schools	84.9%	25								46.4	42.2	50.8		63.2	63.2					60.7	63.2	68.3	$27,308	$494	$26,814
Bellefonte Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 W Linn St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 355-5519	311	30	10.3	53.1%	278 (89.4%)	5 (1.6%)	11 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.8%)	54.2	809^th of 1526 public elementary schools	47.0%		48.1	906^th of 1534 public elementary schools	40.9%	97				27.6	62.0	52.6				47.4	82.0		82.0	38.3	64.0	57.9				53.4	$27,491	$4,334	$23,157
Bellefonte Area Middle School	Public	6-8	100 N School St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-5466	617	48	12.8	34.5%	569 (92.2%)	7 (1.1%)	18 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.1%)	71.2	235^th of 891 public middle schools	73.6%		73.2	216^th of 893 public middle schools	75.8%	19							43.5	44.7	34.9	40.9		70.6	70.6				53.6	59.4	57.8	56.5	$12,928	$00	$12,928
Bellefonte Area High School	Public	9-12	830 E Bishop St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-4833	844	63	13.3	30.5%	775 (91.8%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (2.7%)	5 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	34 (4.0%)	57	325^th of 686 public high schools	52.6%		53.6	350^th of 674 public high schools	48.1%	25	53.6	55.4	50.2																		$11,427	$01	$11,426
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School	Public	9-12	502 Philips St	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 342-1521	514	41	12.6	45.7%	498 (96.9%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	53.8	358^th of 686 public high schools	47.8%		61	286^th of 674 public high schools	57.6%	72	30.9	55.6	63.9																		$21,837	$2,339	$19,497
Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Short St Suite A	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 342-4906	373	30	12.5	53.1%	362 (97.1%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	65.9	302^nd of 891 public middle schools	66.1%		57.4	382^nd of 893 public middle schools	57.2%	80							51.3	30.8	25.2	35.4		62.3	62.3				64.9	49.6	60.7	58.3	$20,113	$2,155	$17,958
Philipsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	1810 Black Moshannon Road	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 342-2870	414	33	12.5	45.4%	401 (96.9%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	72.5	445^th of 1526 public elementary schools	70.8%		72.4	445^th of 1534 public elementary schools	71.0%					68.9	73.4	54.7				66.1	87.2		87.2	70.5	60.7	48.5				59.8	$13,571	$1,454	$12,117
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	211 North Hoffer Street	Centre Hall	16828	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	197	14	14.5	38.6%	186 (94.4%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	81	263^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	82.8%		75.6	359^th of 1534 public elementary schools	76.6%	96				80.5	73.3					76.7	91.1		91.1	70.8	62.3					66.3	$14,295	$984	$13,311
Bald Eagle Area Middle School/Senior High School	Public	6-12	710 S Eagle Valley Rd	Wingate	16823	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-4868	852	66	12.8	42.6%	809 (95.0%)	11 (1.3%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.6%)	79	119^th of 686 public high schools	82.7%		73	181^st of 674 public high schools	73.1%	62	57.4	68.6	71.4				42.0	33.1	28.7	34.9		62.4	62.4				44.5	35.8	54.4	44.7	$26,066	$850	$25,216
Benner Elementary School	Public	K-5	490 Buffalo Run Rd	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-2812	241	19	12.4	24.5%	223 (92.5%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.1%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	79.9	287^th of 1526 public elementary schools	81.2%		80.9	263^rd of 1534 public elementary schools	82.9%	24				61.5	85.2	75.8				73.6	97.1		97.1	59.0	82.3	60.6				67.0	$21,038	$212	$20,827
Wingate Elementary School	Public	K-5	776 S Eagle Valley Rd	Wingate	16823	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 355-4872	361	34	10.5	53.7%	342 (94.7%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	41.8	989^th of 1526 public elementary schools	35.2%		48.1	908^th of 1534 public elementary schools	40.8%	81				40.3	52.5	43.1				45.2	83.1		83.1	43.5	44.1	25.9				38.0	$20,929	$2,199	$18,730
Port Matilda Elementary School	Public	K-5	209 Locust Street	Port Matilda	16870	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 692-7429	99	9	10.6	39.4%	94 (94.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.0%)	70.3	486^th of 1526 public elementary schools	68.2%		71.7	460^th of 1534 public elementary schools	70.0%	26				58.8	85.7	38.5				61.4	100.0		100.0	58.8	85.7	46.2				63.6	$25,245	$457	$24,788
Gray's Woods Elementary School	Public	K-5	160 Brackenbourne Drive	Port Matilda	16870	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 235-6100	359	27	13.5	11.4%	323 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	12 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	75	394^th of 1526 public elementary schools	74.2%		74.5	395^th of 1534 public elementary schools	74.3%	1				66.7	61.2	57.7				61.6	95.1		95.1	67.4	52.4	76.9				64.8	$18,489	$608	$17,881
Central PA Institute of Science and Technology	Public	9-12	540 North Harrison Road	Pleasant Gap	16823	Centre County	Central PA Institute of Science and Technology	No	No	No	No	(814) 359-2793	4	16	.2		4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Howard Elementary School	Public	K-5	255 School Street	Howard	16841	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 625-2423	101	9	10.7	40.6%	99 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.0%)	87.8	138^th of 1526 public elementary schools	91.0%		87.7	144^th of 1534 public elementary schools	90.6%	6				81.9	91.7	84.2				85.7	91.6		91.6	72.7	58.4	84.3				73.8	$24,872	$314	$24,558
Mountaintop Area Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 School Dr # 865	Snow Shoe	16874	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 387-6861	103	10	10.3	44.7%	98 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.9%)	76.3	366^th of 1526 public elementary schools	76.0%		80.1	280^th of 1534 public elementary schools	81.7%	86				62.5	61.1	60.0				61.2	94.4		94.4	68.8	55.6	86.7				69.4	$25,124	$364	$24,761
Marion-Walker Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 School Dr	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 357-2425	373	29	12.8	25.5%	350 (93.8%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	78.8	315^th of 1526 public elementary schools	79.4%		81.3	254^th of 1534 public elementary schools	83.4%	61				60.6	71.0	63.9				65.1	96.8		96.8	57.6	79.0	72.1				69.3	$20,172	$110	$20,061
Penns Valley Area Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4545 Penns Valley Road	Spring Mills	16875	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	649	50	13.0	38.8%	621 (95.7%)	4 (0.6%)	16 (2.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	77	142^nd of 686 public high schools	79.3%		90.6	36^th of 674 public high schools	94.7%	106	46.9	63.7	82.5					50.6	51.6	51.1		75.3	75.3					57.9	62.4	60.2	$18,546	$1,222	$17,325
Penns Valley Area Elementary and Intrmd School	Public	K-6	4528 Penns Valley Road	Spring Mills	16875	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	345	26	13.0	45.8%	337 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)	76.9	352^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	76.9%		74.5	394^th of 1534 public elementary schools	74.3%	42				55.9	61.2	69.9	62.6			63.9	83.3		83.3	47.1	55.5	69.9	65.7			63.1	$16,242	$1,437	$14,805
Liberty-Curtin Elementary School	Public	K-4	11125 N Eagle Valley Rd	Blanchard	16826	Centre County	Keystone Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 893-4900	147	14	10.2	100.0%	136 (92.5%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	44.3	959^th of 1526 public elementary schools	37.2%		40.9	1006^th of 1534 public elementary schools	34.4%	47				60.0	43.4					51.7	80.0		80.0	46.7	30.0					38.3	$23,002	$2,425	$20,577
Miles Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	80 Town Lane Road	Rebersburg	16872	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	110	7	14.9	48.2%	105 (95.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)	80.6	271^st of 1526 public elementary schools	82.2%					(n/a)				82.3	85.7					83.9	100.0		100.0	58.9	61.6					60.0	$17,200	$1,687	$15,513

Best Public Schools in Centre County, PA

State College Area High School

Park Forest Middle School

Mount Nittany Middle School

Corl Street Elementary School

Spring Creek Elementary School

Ferguson Township Elementary School

Howard Elementary School

Park Forest Elementary School

Radio Park Elementary School

Mount Nittany Elementary School

Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School

Miles Township Elementary School

Benner Elementary School

Bald Eagle Area Middle School/Senior High School

Marion-Walker Elementary School

Centre Learning Community Charter School

Penns Valley Area Junior/Senior High School

Penns Valley Area Elementary and Intrmd School

Mountaintop Area Elementary School

Gray's Woods Elementary School

Pleasant Gap Elementary School

Easterly Parkway Elementary School

Philipsburg Elementary School

Bellefonte Area Middle School

Port Matilda Elementary School

Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School

Bellefonte Area High School

Bellefonte Elementary School

Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School

Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School

Liberty-Curtin Elementary School

Wingate Elementary School

Central PA Institute of Science and Technology

Nittany Valley Charter School

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