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)
421533004724	381	Chestnut Hill Elementary School	Public	K-5	1001 W 54th St	Erie	16509	Erie County	Millcreek Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 835-5550	365	24	14.9	49.3%	288 (78.9%)	10 (2.7%)	11 (3.0%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (12.3%)	$14,620			$1,536			$13,084	74.9	74.8	396	15
422676000886	382	Wyomissing Hills Elementary Center	Public	K-4	110 Woodland Rd	Wyomissing	19610	Berks County	Wyomissing Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 374-0739	637	49	12.9	39.2%	385 (60.4%)	23 (3.6%)	179 (28.1%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (5.2%)	$17,964			$1,696			$16,268	74.9	74.1	411	29
421524001788	383	Kunkel Elementary School	Public	K-5	2401 Fulling Mill Rd	Middletown	17057	Dauphin County	Middletown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 939-6862	375	29	12.9	48.0%	224 (59.7%)	25 (6.7%)	66 (17.6%)	16 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	42 (11.2%)	$15,785			$2,329			$13,456	74.9	59.3	708	325
420576003255	384	Wyncote Elementary School	Public	K-4	333 Rices Mill Road	Wyncote	19095	Montgomery County	Cheltenham School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 881-6410	362	31	11.8	36.7%	115 (31.8%)	179 (49.4%)	25 (6.9%)	11 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (8.8%)	$24,385			$991			$23,394	74.9	70.2	492	108
421284007279	385	Kiski Area East Primary School	Public	K-4	420 Franklin Ave	Vandergrift	15690	Westmoreland County	Kiski Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 567-6706	423	29	14.3	100.0%	341 (80.6%)	43 (10.2%)	15 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.7%)	$14,883			$1,563			$13,319	74.9	71.7	465	80
420684002729	386	South Lebanon Elementary School	Public	K-5	1825 S 5th Ave	Lebanon	17042	Lebanon County	Cornwall-Lebanon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 273-4546	593	38	15.6	38.8%	391 (65.9%)	27 (4.6%)	138 (23.3%)	12 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.0%)	$14,504			$1,452			$13,052	74.8	60	689	303
420909000142	387	Mt Vernon Elementary School	Public	3-5	2400 Greenock Buena Vista Road	McKeesport	15135	Allegheny County	Elizabeth Forward School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 896-2327	199	15	13.2	45.2%	172 (86.4%)	8 (4.0%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.0%)	$16,647			$661			$15,986	74.8	71.9	454	67
421731007314	388	North Pocono Intmd School	Public	4-5	701 Church St	Moscow	18444	Lackawanna County	North Pocono School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 842-7676	446	34	13.1	37.4%	405 (90.8%)	3 (0.7%)	12 (2.7%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.2%)	$19,753			$546			$19,207	74.7	76.7	351	37
421863002634	389	Pequea Elementary School	Public	K-6	802 Millwood Rd	Willow Street	17584	Lancaster County	Penn Manor School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 464-3831	384	23	17	54.4%	274 (71.4%)	17 (4.4%)	73 (19.0%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.9%)	$13,104			$857			$12,247	74.7	80.7	278	111
420609001479	390	Clarion-Limestone Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4091 C-L School Road	Strattanville	16258	Clarion County	Clarion-Limestone Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 764-6006	425	36	11.9	53.4%	412 (96.9%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$16,778			$1,360			$15,418	74.6	75.1	384	6

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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.
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Educational resources:

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Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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