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)
422004000845	1501	Riverside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1400 Centre Avenue	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 371-5896	727	43	16.7	100.0%	52 (7.2%)	43 (5.9%)	618 (85.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (1.8%)	$00			$00			$00	4.3	6.4	1432	69
420084007400	1502	Mastery Cs-Clymer Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	1201 W Rush Street	Philadelphia	19133	Philadelphia County	Mastery CS-Clymer Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 227-8610	448	31	14.4		3 (0.7%)	372 (83.0%)	56 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.0%)	$21,151			$5,509			$15,642	4.3	4.5	1487	15
421899003755	1503	Taylor Bayard School	Public	K-5	3698 N Randolph St	Philadelphia	19140	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3880	384	41	9.3	100.0%	7 (1.8%)	50 (13.0%)	322 (83.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$23,507			$11,600			$11,907	4.1	4.4	1490	13
420083507354	1504	ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	6301 N. 2nd Street	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	ASPIRA Bilingual Cyber Charter School	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(267) 297-1883	876	76	11.6		7 (0.8%)	160 (18.3%)	689 (78.7%)	14 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	$18,924			$4,416			$14,508	4.1	3.5	1525	21
421899003630	1505	Meade Gen George C School	Public	PK, KG-8	1600 N 18th St	Philadelphia	19121	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7310	296	29	10.1	100.0%	4 (1.4%)	268 (90.5%)	17 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.7%)	$20,550			$9,695			$10,855	4.1	3.7	1520	15
421899003815	1506	Cooke Jay Middle School	Public	K-8	1300 W Louden St	Philadelphia	19141	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8330	369	38	9.7	100.0%	6 (1.6%)	301 (81.6%)	39 (10.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.9%)	$23,764			$10,515			$13,249	4.1	4.1	1503	3
421899003675	1507	Peirce Thomas Middle School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 W Cambria St	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7020	242	18	13.3	100.0%	1 (0.4%)	229 (94.6%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$20,619			$11,357			$9,262	4.1	5.1	1468	39
421917000991	1508	Pittsburgh Weil K-5	Public	PK, KG-5	2250 Centre Ave	Pittsburgh	15219	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-3840	198	20	10	95.5%	3 (1.5%)	182 (91.9%)	3 (1.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.0%)	$26,529			$3,413			$23,116	4	13	1299	209
420084907380	1509	Propel Cs-Northside	Public, Charter	K-8	1805 Buena Vista Street	Pittsburgh	15212	Allegheny County	Propel CS-Northside	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 325-7305	379	25	15.4		15 (4.0%)	316 (83.4%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (9.5%)	$18,994			$2,174			$16,820	4	3.8	1517	8
421899007593	1510	Kenderton Elementary School	Public	K-8	1500 W Ontario St	Philadelphia	19140	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-8340	354	29	12.1	100.0%	4 (1.1%)	297 (83.9%)	45 (12.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	$20,411			$10,679			$9,732	3.9	3.7	1521	11

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