Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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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)
421899003739	1411	Finletter Thomas K School	Public	PK, KG-8	6101 N Front St	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3750	616	40	15.2	100.0%	6 (1.0%)	432 (70.1%)	102 (16.6%)	51 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.9%)	$17,591			$7,978			$9,613	7.2	10	1359	52
420357006722	1412	Donegan Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1210 East 4th St	Bethlehem	18015	Northampton County	Bethlehem Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 866-0031	449	45	10	89.8%	31 (6.9%)	57 (12.7%)	356 (79.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,345			$2,585			$18,760	7.2	6.2	1440	28
421899003668	1413	Samuel Gompers School	Public	K-8	5701 Wynnefield Ave	Philadelphia	19131	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7250	251	22	11.2	100.0%	3 (1.2%)	232 (92.4%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$22,869			$11,051			$11,818	7.2	12.4	1310	103
420084007400	1414	Mastery Cs-Clymer Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1201 W Rush Street	Philadelphia	19133	Philadelphia County	Mastery CS-Clymer Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 227-8610	448	31	14.4		3 (0.7%)	372 (83.0%)	56 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$21,151			$5,509			$15,642	7.2	4.3	1502	88
421899005185	1415	Hamilton Andrew School	Public	K-8	5640 Spruce St	Philadelphia	19139	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7650	346	29	11.7	100.0%	2 (0.6%)	322 (93.1%)	13 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	$20,795			$9,896			$10,899	7.2	4.8	1481	66
420930002018	1416	Perry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	955 W 29th St	Erie	16508	Erie County	Erie City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 874-6485	462	38	12.3	100.0%	187 (40.5%)	110 (23.8%)	21 (4.5%)	8 (1.7%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	132 (28.6%)	$10,061			$3,191			$6,870	7.1	10.4	1355	61
421899003702	1417	Sheppard Isaac School	Public	K-4	120 W Cambria St	Philadelphia	19133	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7070	140	15	9.2	100.0%	2 (1.4%)	14 (10.0%)	122 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	$30,656			$16,449			$14,207	7.1	5	1474	57
420228002782	1418	Roosevelt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	210 W Susquehanna St	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4461	532	37	14.3	100.0%	30 (5.6%)	57 (10.7%)	388 (72.9%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.8%)	$15,412			$2,571			$12,841	7.1	12	1320	98
421899000329	1419	Marshall Thurgood	Public	PK, KG-8	5120 N 6th St	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3770	619	46	13.4	100.0%	4 (0.6%)	361 (58.3%)	202 (32.6%)	31 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.2%)	$18,926			$8,725			$10,200	7	4.5	1492	73
420088707580	1420	Reach Cyber Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	750 East Park Drive	Harrisburg	17111	Dauphin County	Reach Cyber Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(717) 704-8437	6,918	483	14.3		3,587 (51.9%)	1,626 (23.5%)	1,044 (15.1%)	52 (0.8%)	39 (0.6%)	6 (0.1%)	564 (8.2%)	$15,453			$1,823			$13,630	6.9	11.9	1321	99

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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.