Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 1534)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
421875001097	461	Patricia A Guth Elementary School	Public	K-5	601 N 7th St	Perkasie	18944	Bucks County	Pennridge School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 257-8057	471	32	14.8	45.2%	318 (67.5%)	3 (0.6%)	115 (24.4%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.7%)	$14,902			$523			$14,380	71.7	62.9	626	165
421827007294	462	East Vincent Elementary School	Public	K-6	340 Ridge Rd	Spring City	19475	Chester County	Owen J Roberts School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 469-5106	519	40	13	28.3%	374 (72.1%)	57 (11.0%)	41 (7.9%)	20 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.0%)	$35			$02			$33	71.6	75.2	379	83
421087001461	463	Sugartown Elementary School	Public	K-5	611 Sugartown Rd	Malvern	19355	Chester County	Great Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 699-1500	531	39	13.7	23.0%	276 (52.0%)	13 (2.4%)	92 (17.3%)	112 (21.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.0%)	$19,875			$205			$19,671	71.6	75.2	380	83
420912007385	464	Bear Creek School	Public	3-5	1459 Sheaffer Road	Elizabethtown	17022	Lancaster County	Elizabethtown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 367-0210	816	54	15.1	42.8%	688 (84.3%)	21 (2.6%)	50 (6.1%)	17 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (4.7%)	$15,845			$464			$15,381	71.6	77.2	343	121
421458000624	465	Schaeffer School	Public	K-4	875 Pleasure Rd	Lancaster	17601	Lancaster County	Manheim Township School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 392-6797	333	21	15.9	44.7%	188 (56.5%)	23 (6.9%)	71 (21.3%)	21 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.0%)	$14,464			$585			$13,879	71.6	80.6	279	186
421752006121	466	Shallow Brook Inter School	Public	4-6	213 S Hartman St	Manchester	17345	York County	Northeastern York School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 266-7030	450	29	15.5	46.2%	332 (73.8%)	42 (9.3%)	42 (9.3%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.9%)	$14,233			$406			$13,827	71.5	70.5	488	22
421737000166	467	Colonel John Siegfried Elementary School	Public	K-5	1677 Lincoln Ave	Northampton	18067	Northampton County	Northampton Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 262-6430	808	60	13.5	51.4%	570 (70.5%)	33 (4.1%)	169 (20.9%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (3.6%)	$17,881			$1,381			$16,500	71.5	72.9	433	34
421425006845	468	Arrowhead Elementary School	Public	K-4	232 Level Rd	Collegeville	19426	Montgomery County	Methacton School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 489-5000	426	33	13	15.3%	320 (75.1%)	10 (2.3%)	30 (7.0%)	47 (11.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$20,394			$496			$19,898	71.5	73	431	37
420201000371	469	Clarks Summit Elementary School	Public	K-4	401 W Grove St	Clarks Summit	18411	Lackawanna County	Abington Heights School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 585-7300	441	25	17.9	6.8%	346 (78.5%)	4 (0.9%)	29 (6.6%)	44 (10.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	13 (2.9%)	$15,101			$663			$14,438	71.4	70.7	486	17
420708007265	470	West End Elementary School	Public	K-6	12068 Brooks Rd	Meadville	16335	Crawford County	Crawford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 724-1450	311	26	11.9	99.0%	288 (92.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.5%)	$16,504			$2,959			$13,545	71.4	71.9	456	14

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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 8, 2023, 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.