Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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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)
420267000626	1031	Audrielle Lynch-Ellen Bustin Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 Wildcat Way	Athens	18810	Bradford County	Athens Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 888-7766	553	42	13.1	100.2%	488 (88.2%)	18 (3.3%)	26 (4.7%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.2%)	$20,231			$2,042			$18,189	38	39.7	1025	6
420615007535	1032	Clearfield Area Elementary School	Public	K-6	700 High Level Rd	Clearfield	16830	Clearfield County	Clearfield Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 765-5511	1,020	89	11.4	100.0%	967 (94.8%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.4%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (3.2%)	$17,273			$2,438			$14,835	38	32.4	1109	77
420008700584	1033	Independence Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1600 Lombard Street	Philadelphia	19146	Philadelphia County	Independence Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 238-8000	794	63	12.6	99.9%	218 (27.5%)	366 (46.1%)	157 (19.8%)	27 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.0%)	$18,814			$3,535			$15,279	37.9	40.5	1011	22
422409006795	1034	Union City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	91 Miles Street	Union City	16438	Erie County	Union City Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 438-7611	434	38	11.5	97.5%	408 (94.0%)	3 (0.7%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$14,309			$2,760			$11,549	37.9	40.6	1009	25
422432010042	1035	Aronimink Elementary School	Public	1-5	4611 Bond Ave	Drexel Hill	19026	Delaware County	Upper Darby School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(610) 853-4510	527	37	14.3	99.4%	87 (16.5%)	158 (30.0%)	99 (18.8%)	146 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.8%)								37.8			(n/a)
421263005230	1036	Juniata Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	7855 Juniata Valley Pike	Alexandria	16611	Huntingdon County	Juniata Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 669-4422	302	30	10	58.6%	292 (96.7%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$18,203			$2,154			$16,050	37.8	41.1	1003	33
422497006425	1037	Preston School	Public	K-8	1493 Crosstown Highway	Lakewood	18439	Wayne County	Wayne Highlands School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 798-2516	144	16	9.1	62.5%	131 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.8%)	$23,815			$1,436			$22,380	37.6	58.2	736	301
421917000326	1038	Pittsburgh Carmalt K-8	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	1550 Breining St	Pittsburgh	15226	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(412) 529-7760	565	40	14.3	98.2%	209 (37.0%)	219 (38.8%)	16 (2.8%)	39 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	81 (14.3%)	$26,020			$3,348			$22,672	37.6	38.9	1039	1
420471000813	1039	California Area Elementary School	Public	K-6	40 Trojan Way	Coal Center	15423	Washington County	California Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 785-5800	483	34	14	99.4%	396 (82.0%)	16 (3.3%)	20 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	48 (9.9%)	$10,598			$379			$10,219	37.2	46.7	926	113
421305007171	1040	Lakeland Elementary School - Mayfield Campus	Public	K-6	501 Linden St	Mayfield	18433	Lackawanna County	Lakeland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 254-9485	274	26	10.7	64.2%	229 (83.6%)	9 (3.3%)	22 (8.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.7%)	$17,778			$3,189			$14,588	37.1	40	1019	21

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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.

Educational resources:

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Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.