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)
422037001930	811	Leedom Elementary School	Public	K-5	620 East Chester Pike	Ridley Park	19078	Delaware County	Ridley School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 534-1900	281	27	10.5	58.7%	207 (73.7%)	25 (8.9%)	15 (5.3%)	15 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.8%)	$23,843			$519			$23,325	54.2	59.8	707	104
422382006322	812	Penn Bernville Elementary School	Public	K-6	24 Shartlesville Rd	Bernville	19506	Berks County	Tulpehocken Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 488-6248	298	29	10.3	41.6%	223 (74.8%)	4 (1.3%)	54 (18.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.7%)	$20,573			$975			$19,598	54.1	57.6	741	71
421890002648	813	Salisbury Elementary School	Public	K-6	422 School Lane Rd	Gap	17527	Lancaster County	Pequea Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 442-8268	260	25	10.4	63.1%	201 (77.3%)	4 (1.5%)	40 (15.4%)	6 (2.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$24,634			$6,602			$18,032	54	49.9	871	58
421884001101	814	Penn Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	180 North Turn Lane	Levittown	19054	Bucks County	Pennsbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 949-6800	382	34	11.2	57.3%	279 (73.0%)	6 (1.6%)	54 (14.1%)	12 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.9%)	$18,594			$817			$17,777	54	53.8	816	2
422403000443	815	Tyrone Area Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	601 Clay Avenue	Tyrone	16686	Blair County	Tyrone Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 684-1342	668	61	10.9	61.8%	635 (95.1%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.5%)	$23			$03			$20	53.9	53.8	814	1
421545007007	816	Millville Area Elementary School	Public	K-6	370 Batten Lane	Millville	17846	Columbia County	Millville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 458-5538	286	25	11.3	57.0%	270 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$23,731			$2,174			$21,557	53.9	61.9	658	158
421857005351	817	Wind Gap Middle School	Public	4-8	1620 Teels Rd	Pen Argyl	18072	Northampton County	Pen Argyl Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 863-9093	543	46	11.8	49.5%	468 (86.2%)	11 (2.0%)	42 (7.7%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (2.8%)	$16,620			$772			$15,848	53.7	62.3	650	167
421092009982	818	Amos K Hutchinson Elementary School	Public	K-5	810 Welty St	Greensburg	15601	Westmoreland County	Greensburg Salem School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 832-2900	532	42	12.7	100.0%	372 (69.9%)	41 (7.7%)	36 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (15.6%)	$17,079			$2,071			$15,009	53.6	51	859	41
420333006896	819	Russell C Struble Elementary School	Public	K-6	4300 Bensalem Blvd	Bensalem	19020	Bucks County	Bensalem Township School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 750-2800	510	39	13.1	100.0%	256 (50.2%)	38 (7.5%)	67 (13.1%)	121 (23.7%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	$20,809			$1,135			$19,674	53.4	56.8	761	58
421524006934	820	Fink Elementary School	Public	K-5	150 N Race Street	Middletown	17057	Dauphin County	Middletown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 948-3370	238	21	11.5	78.2%	91 (38.2%)	43 (18.1%)	64 (26.9%)	24 (10.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.7%)	$19,398			$3,245			$16,154	53.3	46.3	933	113

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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.