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)
421953007235	1101	Port Allegany Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	85 Clyde Lynch Dr	Port Allegany	16743	McKean County	Port Allegany School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 642-9557	506	40	12.5		480 (94.9%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.0%)	$14,948			$529			$14,420	30.6	35	1081	20
421899003781	1102	Fitzpatrick Aloysius L School	Public	PK, KG-8	11061 Knights Rd	Philadelphia	19154	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3060	847	50	17	100.0%	324 (38.3%)	230 (27.2%)	157 (18.5%)	77 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	58 (6.8%)	$16,888			$7,705			$9,182	30.5	30.7	1123	21
421332002146	1103	Clark Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Water St	Uniontown	15401	Fayette County	Laurel Highlands School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 437-9600	287	23	12.3	57.5%	235 (81.9%)	16 (5.6%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	26 (9.1%)	$19,530			$1,862			$17,668	30.5	41.2	1001	102
421260007665	1104	Juniata Elementary School	Public	K-5	75 S 7th St	Mifflintown	17059	Juniata County	Juniata County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 436-2111	675	52	12.9	55.7%	546 (80.9%)	2 (0.3%)	98 (14.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.9%)	$11,392			$2,377			$9,015	30.3	31.8	1116	12
420004300405	1105	Eugenio Maria DE Hostos Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	6310 N 2nd Street	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Eugenio Maria De Hostos Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 268-3102	486	39	12.6	86.8%	2 (0.4%)	31 (6.4%)	438 (90.1%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	$21,160			$6,172			$14,988	30.3	34	1089	16
421233006807	1106	Jeannette McKee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 Lowry Ave	Jeannette	15644	Westmoreland County	Jeannette City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 523-6522	490	52	9.4	80.0%	269 (54.9%)	74 (15.1%)	16 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	128 (26.1%)	$16,161			$2,211			$13,950	30.2	39.2	1035	71
421314002592	1107	Hamilton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1300 Wabank Rd	Lancaster	17603	Lancaster County	Lancaster School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 291-6166	335	31	10.9	100.0%	32 (9.6%)	53 (15.8%)	221 (66.0%)	13 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.8%)	$17,824			$2,771			$15,052	30	11.6	1330	223
421950007471	1108	Clear Run Intrmd School	Public	3-6	800 Memorial Blvd.	Tobyhanna	18346	Monroe County	Pocono Mountain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 839-7121	907	86	10.4	99.7%	212 (23.4%)	277 (30.5%)	364 (40.1%)	14 (1.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.0%)	$22,657			$1,283			$21,374	29.9	30.5	1125	17
421899003801	1109	Pollock Robert B School	Public	K-8	2875 Welsh Rd	Philadelphia	19152	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3210	744	47	15.8	100.1%	154 (20.7%)	247 (33.2%)	188 (25.3%)	123 (16.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.6%)	$18,197			$8,245			$9,951	29.9	21.3	1212	103
422010004595	1110	Mazie Gable Elementary School	Public	K-6	100 East Prospect St	Red Lion	17356	York County	Red Lion Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 244-5523	531	37	14.3	75.7%	372 (70.1%)	31 (5.8%)	78 (14.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (8.9%)	$14,642			$1,522			$13,120	29.6	33.8	1091	19

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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.