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)
420348007582	1011	West Berwick Elementary School	Public	K-4	809 Sycamore St	Berwick	18603	Columbia County	Berwick Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 759-6400	490	36	13.7	100.0%	378 (77.1%)	6 (1.2%)	79 (16.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.7%)	$11,082			$1,212			$9,870	39.5	37.1	1062	51
421086000794	1012	Cumru Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	601 Philadelphia Avenue	Shillington	19607	Berks County	Governor Mifflin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 775-5081	435	36	12	99.3%	198 (45.5%)	26 (6.0%)	165 (37.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (10.6%)	$18,778			$698			$18,080	39.4	45.3	944	68
421254006965	1013	L B Morris Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	150 W 10th St	Jim Thorpe	18229	Carbon County	Jim Thorpe Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 325-2703	615	49	12.5	61.5%	520 (84.6%)	7 (1.1%)	55 (8.9%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.7%)	$18,180			$3,634			$14,546	39.3	49.2	884	129
420087907523	1014	Executive Education Academy Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	555 Union Boulevard	Allentown	18109	Lehigh County	Executive Education Academy Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(610) 841-7044	1,431	100	14.3	100.0%	77 (5.4%)	244 (17.1%)	1,078 (75.3%)	7 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	21 (1.5%)	$7,231			$537			$6,693	39.3	32	1113	99
420086607457	1015	Universal Creighton Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	5401 Tabor Avenue	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Universal Creighton Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 537-2531	673	42	16	99.6%	3 (0.4%)	167 (24.8%)	437 (64.9%)	64 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$18,173			$4,290			$13,884	39.2	29.6	1129	114
420453004336	1016	Stewart Elementary School	Public	4-5	2880 Leechburg Rd	Lower Burrell	15068	Westmoreland County	Burrell School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 334-1483	262	18	14.3	43.5%	241 (92.0%)	7 (2.7%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	$16,426			$1,091			$15,335	39.2	39.7	1024	8
420867000373	1017	Bushkill Elementary School	Public	K-5	131 North School Dr	Dingmans Ferry	18328	Pike County	East Stroudsburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 588-4400	404	32	12.4	52.2%	151 (37.4%)	74 (18.3%)	41 (10.1%)	5 (1.2%)	33 (8.2%)	6 (1.5%)	94 (23.3%)	$24,973			$1,191			$23,782	39.2	28	1144	127
420089107602	1018	MaST Community Charter School II	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6238 Rising Sun Avenue	Philadelphia	19111	Philadelphia County	MaST Community Charter School II	Yes	No	No	Yes	(267) 348-1215	1,895	134	14.1	68.5%	528 (27.9%)	555 (29.3%)	431 (22.7%)	269 (14.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	110 (5.8%)	$14,333			$3,103			$11,231	38.9	39.5	1029	11
421917006755	1019	Pittsburgh Brookline K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	500 Woodbourne Ave	Pittsburgh	15226	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-7380	409	30	13.6	99.5%	245 (59.9%)	82 (20.0%)	27 (6.6%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (11.7%)	$26,160			$3,366			$22,794	38.9	46.1	936	83
420540001795	1020	Paxtang Elementary School	Public	K-5	3530 Rutherford St	Harrisburg	17111	Dauphin County	Central Dauphin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 561-1781	280	17	16.4	100.0%	66 (23.6%)	77 (27.5%)	58 (20.7%)	46 (16.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (10.7%)	$16,635			$3,064			$13,571	38.9	42.5	983	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.