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)
422583001736	601	Highland Elementary School	Public	K-5	1325 Carlisle Rd	Camp Hill	17011	Cumberland County	West Shore School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 901-9860	462	33	14.2	43.9%	314 (68.0%)	24 (5.2%)	69 (14.9%)	16 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.0%)	$18,290			$1,433			$16,858	64.8	63	622	21
421899003803	602	Frank Anne School	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Bowler St	Philadelphia	19115	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3070	1,347	75	17.8	99.9%	540 (40.1%)	178 (13.2%)	136 (10.1%)	458 (34.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	33 (2.4%)	$16,413			$7,867			$8,546	64.7	65.5	579	23
420659006132	603	Conneaut Lake-Sadsbury Elementary School	Public	K-4	630 Line Street Box AB	Conneaut Lake	16316	Crawford County	Conneaut School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 382-8191	303	24	12.6	100.0%	282 (93.1%)	2 (0.7%)	7 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.0%)	$17,384			$2,431			$14,953	64.7	68	539	64
422415002137	604	Marclay School	Public	K-5	111 Bruceton Road	Markleysburg	15459	Fayette County	Uniontown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 329-4248	86	6	13.2	97.7%	82 (95.3%)	2 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)	$18,507			$5,878			$12,629	64.5	60.4	678	74
420249002724	605	Annville Elementary School	Public	3-6	205 S White Oak St	Annville	17003	Lebanon County	Annville-Cleona School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 867-7620	444	29	15.5	40.8%	330 (74.3%)	3 (0.7%)	69 (15.5%)	27 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$20,460			$852			$19,608	64.4	69.8	501	104
420754006695	606	East Union Intrmd School	Public	3-5	57 East Union Road	Cheswick	15024	Allegheny County	Deer Lakes School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 265-5330	377	31	12.2	49.3%	349 (92.6%)	6 (1.6%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.2%)	$28,642			$963			$27,679	64.4	58.7	715	109
420978000791	607	Andrew Maier Elementary School	Public	K-4	355 Andrew Maier Blvd	Blandon	19510	Berks County	Fleetwood Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 926-2502	230	22	10.6	33.5%	174 (75.7%)	7 (3.0%)	44 (19.1%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$15,235			$1,287			$13,948	64.3	54.9	798	191
421161003271	608	Hallowell Elementary School	Public	K-5	501 Moreland Ave	Horsham	19044	Montgomery County	Hatboro-Horsham School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 420-5900	425	34	12.4	33.4%	294 (69.2%)	20 (4.7%)	69 (16.2%)	25 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.0%)	$21,833			$637			$21,196	64.3	59	712	104
421194007121	609	Charles W Longer Elementary School	Public	K-6	1320 Union St	Hollidaysburg	16648	Blair County	Hollidaysburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 695-4431	395	26	15	53.7%	360 (91.1%)	7 (1.8%)	8 (2.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	$13,423			$1,192			$12,230	64.2	74.8	395	214
420753003864	610	Dingman-Delaware Elementary School	Public	3-5	1355 Route 739	Dingmans Ferry	18328	Pike County	Delaware Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 296-3120	502	40	12.6	51.4%	382 (76.1%)	13 (2.6%)	77 (15.3%)	7 (1.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	$15,687			$952			$14,734	64.2	67.3	551	59

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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.