Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Pennsylvania test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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)
420228002780	1191	Muhlenberg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	740 N 21st St	Allentown	18104	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4861	591	32	18.5	100.0%	57 (9.6%)	67 (11.3%)	395 (66.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.2%)	$13,953			$2,327			$11,626	22.1	27.5	1150	41
420012400818	1192	Montessori Regional Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2549 West 8th Street	Erie	16505	Erie County	Montessori Regional Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(814) 833-7771	632	43	14.7	97.0%	355 (56.2%)	94 (14.9%)	88 (13.9%)	17 (2.7%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (11.6%)	$12,247			$1,572			$10,675	21.9	23.6	1184	8
421602002291	1193	Shirley Township Elementary School	Public	3-5	14188 Second St	Mount Union	17066	Huntingdon County	Mount Union Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 542-9381	270	29	9.4	100.0%	223 (82.6%)	7 (2.6%)	7 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.9%)	$16,448			$493			$15,955	21.8	26.6	1156	37
420666004939	1194	West Crawford Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 Falls Avenue	Connellsville	15425	Fayette County	Connellsville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 628-4497	484	32	15.1	100.0%	421 (87.0%)	19 (3.9%)	8 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.0%)	$16,745			$2,865			$13,880	21.7	15.8	1264	70
420004200404	1195	Inquiry Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	1301 Belmont Avenue	Philadelphia	19104	Philadelphia County	Inquiry Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 823-5541	268	18	14.8	75.7%	7 (2.6%)	229 (85.4%)	9 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	22 (8.2%)	$21,050			$7,623			$13,427	21.6	22.2	1198	3
420013500869	1196	Propel Cs-East	Public, Charter	K-8	1611 Monroeville Ave	Turtle Creek	15145	Allegheny County	Propel CS-East	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 325-7305	333	24	13.7	99.1%	64 (19.2%)	224 (67.3%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (10.5%)	$18,285			$2,155			$16,129	21.4	23.2	1188	8
421899003646	1197	Key Francis Scott School	Public	K-6	2230 S 8th St	Philadelphia	19148	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8250	386	33	11.5	100.0%	15 (3.9%)	30 (7.8%)	236 (61.1%)	100 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	$20,507			$10,983			$9,525	21.4	17.8	1246	49
420930002021	1198	JoAnna Connell School	Public	PK, KG-5	1820 E 38th St	Erie	16510	Erie County	Erie City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 874-6785	540	48	11.2	100.0%	205 (38.0%)	129 (23.9%)	23 (4.3%)	50 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	132 (24.4%)	$10,805			$3,346			$7,460	21.2	20.7	1216	18
421845007567	1199	Panther Valley Intermediate School	Public	4-6	678 Panther Pride Drive	Lansford	18232	Carbon County	Panther Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 645-2175	449	25	17.9	100.0%	302 (67.3%)	34 (7.6%)	73 (16.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.7%)	$16,033			$6,401			$9,632	21.1	28.3	1139	60
422240001861	1200	Darby Township School	Public	K-8	801 Ashland Avenue	Glenolden	19036	Delaware County	Southeast Delco School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 522-4375	622	39	16.1	99.8%	102 (16.4%)	455 (73.2%)	21 (3.4%)	5 (0.8%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (5.3%)	$11,630			$1,801			$9,828	21	19.3	1237	37

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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.