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)
421899006765	1421	Prince Hall School	Public	PK, KG-5	6101 North Gratz Street	Philadelphia	19141	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3690	413	29	14.1	100.0%	4 (1.0%)	395 (95.6%)	9 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$20,024			$8,971			$11,053	7.1	5.6	1454	33
421899003751	1422	Feltonville Intermediate School	Public	3-5	238 E Wyoming Ave	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3730	525	31	17.1	100.0%	14 (2.7%)	93 (17.7%)	395 (75.2%)	20 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$18,934			$9,266			$9,668	7.1	6.3	1434	12
421899003758	1423	Allen Ethan School	Public	K-8	6329 Battersby St	Philadelphia	19149	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3270	920	55	16.6	99.9%	111 (12.1%)	221 (24.0%)	460 (50.0%)	82 (8.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	42 (4.6%)	$16,927			$8,413			$8,513	7	8.1	1392	31
421899003663	1424	Blankenburg Rudolph School	Public	PK, KG-8	4600 W Girard Ave	Philadelphia	19131	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7280	244	31	7.8	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	231 (94.7%)	8 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$23,872			$11,570			$12,303	7	4.7	1478	54
420087407515	1425	Mastery Cs-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary	Public, Charter	K-8	5650 Sprague Street	Philadelphia	19138	Philadelphia County	Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 951-5689	658	39	16.8		4 (0.6%)	572 (86.9%)	45 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.5%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (3.8%)	$19,228			$4,714			$14,514	7	6.8	1423	2
421899003746	1426	Lowell James R School	Public	PK, KG-4	450 W Nedro Ave	Philadelphia	19120	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3740	530	37	14.3	100.0%	13 (2.5%)	327 (61.7%)	103 (19.4%)	54 (10.2%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.5%)	$18,343			$8,887			$9,456	6.9	6.8	1424	2
422639006806	1427	Walnut Street Elementary School	Public	K-6	224 South Sixth Street	Darby	19023	Delaware County	William Penn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 534-5660	303	27	11.2	100.0%	5 (1.7%)	271 (89.4%)	11 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.6%)	$18,608			$1,624			$16,984	6.9	6.2	1439	12
420228007690	1428	Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School	Public	K-5	1227 W Gordon St	Allentown	18102	Lehigh County	Allentown City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 765-4000	813	52	15.7	100.0%	46 (5.7%)	85 (10.5%)	572 (70.4%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	101 (12.4%)	$12,797			$2,134			$10,662	6.8	5.6	1453	25
421917007468	1429	Pittsburgh Langley K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	2940 Sheraden Boulevard	Pittsburgh	15204	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-2100	501	50	9.9	100.0%	60 (12.0%)	345 (68.9%)	15 (3.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	74 (14.8%)	$26,477			$3,406			$23,071	6.7	4.7	1477	48
422004000284	1430	Tenth & Penn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	955 Penn St	Reading	19601	Berks County	Reading School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 320-6994	345	28	12.1	100.0%	13 (3.8%)	11 (3.2%)	317 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$00			$00			$00	6.6	2.7	1533	103

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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.
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.