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)
421794005270	171	Stewartsville Elementary School	Public	K-4	101 Carpenter Ln	North Huntingdon	15642	Westmoreland County	Norwin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 861-3030	412	25	16.7	27.7%	373 (90.5%)	4 (1.0%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.6%)	$12,196			$524			$11,672	86	85.5	183	12
422055000049	172	Indian Lane Elementary School	Public	K-5	309 S Old Middletown Rd	Media	19063	Delaware County	Rose Tree Media School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 627-7101	451	34	13.1	20.4%	355 (78.7%)	13 (2.9%)	20 (4.4%)	29 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.5%)	$22,109			$629			$21,480	85.9	82	245	73
421899004726	173	Greenberg Joseph School	Public	K-8	600 Sharon Ln	Philadelphia	19115	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3080	860	51	17	100.0%	353 (41.0%)	102 (11.9%)	77 (9.0%)	319 (37.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	$16,953			$7,457			$9,496	85.9	88	134	39
421728007173	174	Montgomery Elementary School	Public	K-6	1221 Stump Rd	North Wales	19454	Montgomery County	North Penn School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 368-6614	627	46	13.5	17.5%	345 (55.0%)	32 (5.1%)	18 (2.9%)	185 (29.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.3%)	$17,927			$740			$17,187	85.8	88.8	120	54
422520005366	175	McKee Elementary School	Public	K-5	1501 Oakdale Rd	Oakdale	15071	Allegheny County	West Allegheny School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 693-8451	506	36	14.2	40.9%	388 (76.7%)	8 (1.6%)	18 (3.6%)	48 (9.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (8.1%)	$17,523			$929			$16,594	85.8	87	157	18
422256004809	176	Oaks Elementary School	Public	K-4	325 Oaks School Dr	Oaks	19426	Montgomery County	Spring-Ford Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 705-6008	592	38	15.7	16.6%	337 (56.9%)	20 (3.4%)	41 (6.9%)	151 (25.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.4%)	$15,348			$308			$15,040	85.8	89.5	106	70
421851007691	177	Veterans Memorial Elementary School	Public	K-5	250 Twin Ponds Rd	Breinigsville	18031	Lehigh County	Parkland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 351-5910	483	36	13.3	35.0%	246 (50.9%)	13 (2.7%)	114 (23.6%)	79 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.2%)	$21,094			$634			$20,460	85.8	85.3	185	8
421338007209	178	Laurel Elementary School	Public	K-6	223 McCaslin Rd	New Castle	16101	Lawrence County	Laurel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 658-2673	499	33	15.3	37.7%	480 (96.2%)	4 (0.8%)	9 (1.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$15,775			$1,310			$14,465	85.7	86	173	5
420771006843	179	Springton Manor Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Fairview Road	Glenmoore	19343	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 942-8950	614	38	16	10.7%	507 (82.6%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.1%)	48 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.0%)	$13,640			$293			$13,347	85.7	86.7	164	15
420081206819	180	Environmental Charter School at Frick Park	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	829 Milton Street	Pittsburgh	15218	Allegheny County	Environmental Charter School at Frick Park	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 247-7970	1,029	101	10.1	36.6%	568 (55.2%)	280 (27.2%)	71 (6.9%)	24 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	85 (8.3%)	$22,007			$2,499			$19,508	85.6	76.4	346	166

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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.