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)
421611000247	31	Markham Elementary School	Public	K-5	165 Crescent Dr	Pittsburgh	15228	Allegheny County	Mt Lebanon School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 344-2152	300	21	14	6.7%	266 (88.7%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.3%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	$16,587			$567			$16,019	93.3	93.8	26	5
422055001937	32	Rose Tree Elementary School	Public	K-5	1101 First Ave	Media	19063	Delaware County	Rose Tree Media School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 627-7201	425	29	14.8	11.1%	321 (75.5%)	21 (4.9%)	6 (1.4%)	35 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.9%)	$19,087			$597			$18,490	93.3	93.2	39	7
421416003286	33	Cynwyd School	Public	K-4	101 W Levering Mill Rd	Bala Cynwyd	19004	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 645-1430	431	35	12.4	10.9%	261 (60.6%)	38 (8.8%)	32 (7.4%)	59 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (9.5%)	$26,731			$257			$26,474	93.2	93	46	13
422457004859	34	Streams Elementary School	Public	K-4	1560 Ashlawn Dr	Pittsburgh	15241	Allegheny County	Upper St. Clair School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 833-1600	449	32	14.1	11.6%	365 (81.3%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.7%)	54 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.8%)	$18,908			$753			$18,154	93.2	93.4	36	2
420771001432	35	Pickering Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 Byers Rd	Chester Springs	19425	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 458-5324	458	40	11.4	6.3%	145 (31.7%)	7 (1.5%)	9 (2.0%)	281 (61.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.3%)	$16,262			$293			$15,969	93.1	94.8	10	25
422439005251	36	Fort Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	Highland & Fort Washington Ave	Fort Washington	19034	Montgomery County	Upper Dublin School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 643-8961	499	38	13.1	13.4%	407 (81.6%)	21 (4.2%)	20 (4.0%)	23 (4.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.2%)	$21,368			$366			$21,002	93.1	94	19	17
421167001877	37	Coopertown Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Coopertown Rd	Bryn Mawr	19010	Delaware County	Haverford Township School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 853-5900	487	39	12.3	10.1%	393 (80.7%)	12 (2.5%)	18 (3.7%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.8%)	$16,875			$108			$16,768	92.9	92.9	50	13
421896000075	38	McMurray Elementary School	Public	4-5	626 E McMurray Rd	McMurray	15317	Washington County	Peters Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 941-5020	633	39	16.3	10.3%	581 (91.8%)	9 (1.4%)	15 (2.4%)	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.5%)	$16,564			$246			$16,318	92.9	93.7	31	7
421416003289	39	Penn Wynne School	Public	K-4	250 Haverford Rd	Wynnewood	19096	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 645-1450	615	49	12.6	18.5%	335 (54.5%)	77 (12.5%)	44 (7.2%)	105 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (8.8%)	$26,424			$254			$26,171	92.9	94.5	12	27
422376004276	40	Trinity East Elementary School	Public	K-5	252 Cameron Rd	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 225-8140	392	27	14.3	25.0%	360 (91.8%)	4 (1.0%)	13 (3.3%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.0%)	$16,584			$675			$15,910	92.9	91.1	75	35

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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.