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)
422439005251	21	Fort Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	Highland & Fort Washington Ave	Fort Washington	19034	Montgomery County	Upper Dublin School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 643-8961	499	38	13	11.4%	395 (79.2%)	16 (3.2%)	24 (4.8%)	32 (6.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.2%)	$21,368			$366			$21,002	93.5	93.1	36	15
422520005367	22	Wilson Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 Bruno Lane	Imperial	15126	Allegheny County	West Allegheny School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 695-3300	531	40	13.3	29.8%	466 (87.8%)	17 (3.2%)	12 (2.3%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.5%)	$17,054			$927			$16,127	93.4	89.3	108	86
421896000075	23	McMurray Elementary School	Public	4-5	626 E McMurray Rd	McMurray	15317	Washington County	Peters Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 941-5020	614	42	14.6	12.1%	553 (90.1%)	7 (1.1%)	14 (2.3%)	21 (3.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.9%)	$16,564			$246			$16,318	93.4	92.9	38	15
420531000171	24	Cold Spring Elementary School	Public	K-6	4150 Durham Rd	Doylestown	18902	Bucks County	Central Bucks School District	No	No	No	No	(267) 893-3800	485	40	12.1	4.7%	394 (81.2%)	6 (1.2%)	30 (6.2%)	32 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	$19,019			$254			$18,765	93.3	89.9	98	74
421866006187	25	Sunrise Elementary School	Public	K-5	171 Sunrise Dr	Irwin	15642	Westmoreland County	Penn-Trafford School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 864-6700	421	28	14.9	16.9%	380 (90.3%)	7 (1.7%)	11 (2.6%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	$11,836			$235			$11,601	93.1	92.3	48	23
421986006108	26	Edgeworth Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Meadow Ln	Sewickley	15143	Allegheny County	Quaker Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 749-3605	418	34	12.4	22.5%	343 (82.1%)	9 (2.2%)	23 (5.5%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (8.9%)	$21,591			$1,242			$20,349	92.9	91.6	67	41
421884004853	27	Edgewood Elementary School	Public	K-5	899 Oxford Valley Rd	Yardley	19067	Bucks County	Pennsbury School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 321-2410	536	48	11.1	11.6%	418 (78.0%)	12 (2.2%)	28 (5.2%)	35 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.0%)	$18,119			$463			$17,656	92.7	92.7	44	17
422364001434	28	Devon Elementary School	Public	K-4	400 S Fairfield Rd	Devon	19333	Chester County	Tredyffrin-Easttown School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 240-1450	383	30	12.6	6.0%	197 (51.4%)	7 (1.8%)	9 (2.3%)	144 (37.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.8%)	$20,948			$178			$20,770	92.7	91.6	66	38
420771001432	29	Pickering Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	121 Byers Rd	Chester Springs	19425	Chester County	Downingtown Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 458-5324	457	36	12.7	8.3%	149 (32.6%)	7 (1.5%)	18 (3.9%)	265 (58.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (3.1%)	$16,262			$293			$15,969	92.7	93.1	35	6
422479001952	30	Swarthmore-Rutledge School	Public	K-5	100 College Ave	Swarthmore	19081	Delaware County	Wallingford-Swarthmore School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 892-3470	551	40	13.6	11.3%	417 (75.7%)	21 (3.8%)	19 (3.4%)	50 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.0%)	$18,342			$15			$18,327	92.6	94.7	12	18

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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.

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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.