Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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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)
421809004115	791	Hasson Heights School	Public	K-4	833 Grandview Rd	Oil City	16301	Venango County	Oil City Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 677-8021	385	35	11	100.0%	331 (86.0%)	21 (5.5%)	14 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	$16,525			$1,830			$14,695	55.1	60.7	683	108
422496000120	792	John R Bonfield Elementary School	Public	K-6	101 N Oak St	Lititz	17543	Lancaster County	Warwick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 626-3704	476	33	14.2	44.7%	376 (79.0%)	11 (2.3%)	65 (13.7%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.6%)	$14,200			$466			$13,734	55	58.2	735	57
421329006797	793	Homer-Center Elementary School	Public	K-6	45 Wildcat Ln	Homer City	15748	Indiana County	Homer-Center School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 479-9077	381	31	12.2	55.9%	358 (94.0%)	7 (1.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)	$17,753			$1,566			$16,187	54.9	54.5	793
422643000950	794	Williamsburg Community Elementary School	Public	K-6	607 Sage Hill Drive	Williamsburg	16693	Blair County	Williamsburg Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 832-2125	236	17	13.6	52.5%	230 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	$13,731			$1,475			$12,256	54.8	56.7	763	31
421314002590	795	Wharton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	705 N Mary St	Lancaster	17603	Lancaster County	Lancaster School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 291-6281	326	25	13.3	100.0%	140 (42.9%)	26 (8.0%)	120 (36.8%)	12 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.6%)	$20,389			$3,296			$17,094	54.8	54.4	797	2
420375000135	796	Blairsville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	106 School Lane	Blairsville	15717	Indiana County	River Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 459-8883	399	31	12.7	100.0%	359 (90.0%)	7 (1.8%)	9 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.0%)	$24,454			$2,524			$21,930	54.8	58.8	726	70
420948000786	797	Lorane Elementary School	Public	K-4	699 Rittenhouse Dr	Reading	19606	Berks County	Exeter Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 582-8608	451	34	13.1	35.9%	303 (67.2%)	24 (5.3%)	93 (20.6%)	10 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.2%)	$14,612			$826			$13,785	54.7	54.2	803	6
420007400529	798	Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2600 S Broad Street	Philadelphia	19145	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 551-4000	2,721	166	16.3	61.9%	888 (32.6%)	887 (32.6%)	291 (10.7%)	422 (15.5%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	230 (8.5%)	$18,384			$3,346			$15,039	54.7	53.5	821	23
420754006695	799	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	54.7	64.4	606	193
421899005122	800	Cook-Wissahickon School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 E Salaignac St	Philadelphia	19128	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3430	442	34	13.1	100.0%	175 (39.6%)	147 (33.3%)	54 (12.2%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (12.9%)	$18,490			$8,141			$10,349	54.7	41.5	996	196

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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.