Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSSA test scores by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

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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)
421905004841	371	Schuylkill Elementary School	Public	2-5	290 S White Horse Rd	Phoenixville	19460	Chester County	Phoenixville Area School District	No	No	No	No	(484) 927-5400	438	38	11.5	27.9%	316 (72.1%)	17 (3.9%)	61 (13.9%)	20 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.5%)	$17,906			$158			$17,748	76	79.4	292	79
421161003270	372	Simmons Elementary School	Public	K-5	411 Babylon Rd	Horsham	19044	Montgomery County	Hatboro-Horsham School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 420-5700	581	52	11.2	18.6%	435 (74.9%)	22 (3.8%)	39 (6.7%)	55 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (5.0%)	$23,291			$568			$22,722	76	82.1	242	130
422349001666	373	Hydetown Elementary School	Public	1-5	12294 Gresham Road	Titusville	16354	Crawford County	Titusville Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 827-2715	191	16	11.8	69.6%	181 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	$15,249			$2,321			$12,928	75.9	75	377	4
420204000620	374	Copper Beech School	Public	K-5	825 N Easton Road	Glenside	19038	Montgomery County	Abington School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 881-2000	878	66	13.2	29.3%	578 (65.8%)	127 (14.5%)	77 (8.8%)	25 (2.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	68 (7.7%)	$18,775			$767			$18,009	75.9	69.9	494	120
420375002352	375	Saltsburg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	199 Trojan Lane	Saltsburg	15681	Indiana County	River Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 639-3556	295	23	12.5	100.0%	268 (90.8%)	2 (0.7%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.1%)	$30,727			$3,172			$27,555	75.9	84.3	208	167
422508000274	376	Wattsburg Area Elementary Center	Public	K-4	10780 Wattsburg Rd	Erie	16509	Erie County	Wattsburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 824-3400	485	36	13.3	100.0%	459 (94.6%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$20,051			$1,510			$18,541	75.8	67.5	546	170
422655003516	377	Avona Elementary School	Public	K-4	2317 Front Street	Easton	18042	Northampton County	Wilson Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(484) 373-6250	201	15	13.8	65.2%	63 (31.3%)	9 (4.5%)	98 (48.8%)	9 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (10.9%)	$13,889			$1,326			$12,563	75.8	65.9	577	200
420201006398	378	South Abington School	Public	K-4	640 Northern Boulevard	Chinchilla	18410	Lackawanna County	Abington Heights School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 585-2100	309	22	14.1	7.1%	268 (86.7%)	4 (1.3%)	12 (3.9%)	18 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$15,498			$680			$14,817	75.7	82.7	229	149
420696001087	379	Richboro Elementary School	Public	K-6	125 Upper Holland Rd	Richboro	18954	Bucks County	Council Rock School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 944-1900	372	31	12.1	16.4%	325 (87.4%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	27 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$20,828			$306			$20,523	75.7	76	351	28
420879004563	380	Wrightsville Elementary School	Public	K-5	320 Chestnut St	Wrightsville	17368	York County	Eastern York School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 252-3676	353	31	11.2	56.9%	285 (80.7%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (11.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	$17,253			$1,031			$16,222	75.6	80	281	99

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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 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.

Educational resources:

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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.