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)
421965003334	911	Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School	Public	3-5	1329 Buchert Road	Pottstown	19464	Montgomery County	Pottsgrove School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 323-7510	661	48	13.7	48.3%	383 (57.9%)	121 (18.3%)	71 (10.7%)	11 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	73 (11.0%)	$18,159			$963			$17,196	47.8	51.6	867	44
421770006931	912	Northern Potter Childrens School	Public	PK, KG-6	745 Northern Potter Road	Ulysses	16948	Potter County	Northern Potter School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 848-7563	294	24	12.2	59.2%	286 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$18,695			$2,171			$16,524	47.6	44.5	973	61
422073006864	913	Salisbury Elementary School	Public	K-4	1400 Gaskill Ave	Allentown	18103	Lehigh County	Salisbury Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 791-2800	484	35	13.9	39.7%	276 (57.0%)	17 (3.5%)	116 (24.0%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (13.8%)	$55			$04			$51	47.6	46.3	950	37
420708005037	914	Cochranton Elementary School	Public	K-6	225 South Franklin Street	Cochranton	16314	Crawford County	Crawford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 425-2105	336	22	15.2	99.1%	320 (95.2%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.0%)	$14,541			$2,862			$11,678	47.5	51.5	871	43
421899003618	915	Bache-Martin School	Public	PK, KG-8	2201 Brown St	Philadelphia	19130	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7550	530	52	10.1	100.0%	179 (33.8%)	227 (42.8%)	79 (14.9%)	18 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (4.7%)	$21,370			$9,066			$12,304	47.4	37	1063	148
420210004922	916	Friendship Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	218 New Geneva Rd	Point Marion	15474	Fayette County	Albert Gallatin Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 725-9515	169	17	10	100.0%	158 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.9%)	$18,714			$4,038			$14,676	47.3	55.8	776	140
422370003955	917	Hegins-Hubley Elementary School	Public	K-6	1801 W Main St	Valley View	17983	Schuylkill County	Tri-Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 682-9011	302	23	12.9	39.4%	293 (97.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$13,038			$958			$12,080	47.2	39	1033	116
421803001413	918	Octorara Elementary School	Public	3-4	104 Highland Rd	Atglen	19310	Chester County	Octorara Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 593-8238	281	23	12.4	56.2%	184 (65.5%)	15 (5.3%)	68 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.0%)	$20,215			$2,729			$17,486	47.2	53.5	827	91
421071000452	919	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	98 Lefever Street	Gettysburg	17325	Adams County	Gettysburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 334-6254	372	29	12.9	46.2%	270 (72.6%)	22 (5.9%)	53 (14.2%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (5.4%)	$18,001			$1,611			$16,390	47.1	61	667	252
420396000766	920	Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1406 Route 100	Barto	19504	Berks County	Boyertown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 754-9589	509	34	14.8	41.5%	437 (85.9%)	15 (2.9%)	34 (6.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.5%)	$25,837			$830			$25,007	47.1	51.8	865	55

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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.
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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.