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)
421884001109	261	Makefield Elementary School	Public	K-5	1939 Makefield Rd	Yardley	19067	Bucks County	Pennsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 321-2420	402	34	11.7	21.1%	275 (68.4%)	49 (12.2%)	42 (10.4%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.5%)	$18,239			$425			$17,813	81	83	237	24
421722000004	262	McIntyre Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 McIntyre Rd	Pittsburgh	15237	Allegheny County	North Hills School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 318-1622	618	41	15	20.2%	435 (70.4%)	15 (2.4%)	47 (7.6%)	97 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.7%)	$14,422			$388			$14,034	80.9	88.6	120	142
420324001339	263	Benner Elementary School	Public	K-5	490 Buffalo Run Rd	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-2812	244	19	12.7	22.1%	229 (93.9%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	$21,038			$212			$20,827	80.9	78.8	308	45
422376000141	264	Trinity South Elementary School	Public	K-5	2500 S Main Street Ext	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 225-7490	255	28	9.2	40.8%	246 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	$16,584			$675			$15,910	80.9	83.1	235	29
421905007620	265	Manavon Elementary School	Public	2-5	2 Phantom Way	Phoenixville	19460	Chester County	Phoenixville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(484) 927-5350	504	38	13.3	29.0%	367 (72.8%)	33 (6.5%)	64 (12.7%)	15 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.8%)	$18,109			$160			$17,949	80.9	80.3	284	19
420627002506	266	Denver Elementary School	Public	K-5	South 4th Street	Denver	17517	Lancaster County	Cocalico School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 336-1501	437	31	13.9	46.0%	372 (85.1%)	4 (0.9%)	39 (8.9%)	11 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.3%)	$4,288			$682			$3,606	80.8	79.8	292	26
420711001696	267	Shaull Elementary School	Public	K-5	1 Shaull Drive	Enola	17025	Cumberland County	Cumberland Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 732-2460	524	36	14.6	20.0%	361 (68.9%)	22 (4.2%)	21 (4.0%)	92 (17.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.8%)	$13,812			$00			$13,812	80.8	85.5	192	75
422259004618	268	Spring Grove Elementary School	Public	K-4	1450 Roth's Church Road	Spring Grove	17362	York County	Spring Grove Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 225-4731	723	43	16.7	35.8%	576 (79.7%)	44 (6.1%)	68 (9.4%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.3%)	$15,126			$1,374			$13,752	80.8	81.7	257	11
420711007645	269	Winding Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	34 Bali Hai Rd	Mechanicsburg	17050	Cumberland County	Cumberland Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 620-2525	999	58	17.2	29.4%	472 (47.2%)	67 (6.7%)	83 (8.3%)	304 (30.4%)	17 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	53 (5.3%)	$12,129			$136			$11,993	80.8	84.5	213	56
420573004234	270	Allison Park Elementary School	Public	K-6	803 McGovern Rd	Houston	15342	Washington County	Chartiers-Houston School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 745-4700	667	44	15.1	24.7%	552 (82.8%)	23 (3.4%)	27 (4.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (9.3%)	$16,040			$1,677			$14,362	80.8	75.1	386	116

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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.