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)
421884000231	221	Fallsington Elementary School	Public	K-5	134 Yardley Ave	Fallsington	19058	Bucks County	Pennsbury School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 428-4170	266	26	10.2	41.0%	179 (67.3%)	4 (1.5%)	41 (15.4%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (7.9%)	$19,932			$833			$19,100	83.4	77.3	334	113
420483001298	222	Woodland Elementary School	Public	K-6	601 Woodland Ave	Emporium	15834	Cameron County	Cameron County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 486-4000	308	21	14.8	100.0%	287 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$17,653			$2,378			$15,275	83.2	66	575	353
420531001081	223	Butler Elementary School	Public	K-6	200 Brittany Dr	Chalfont	18914	Bucks County	Central Bucks School District	No	No	No	No	(267) 893-4250	795	56	14.1	12.5%	603 (75.8%)	9 (1.1%)	43 (5.4%)	101 (12.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.7%)	$17,815			$255			$17,560	83.1	84	213	10
421087001368	224	Charlestown Elementary School	Public	K-5	2060 Charlestown Rd	Malvern	19355	Chester County	Great Valley School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 935-1555	358	28	12.9	10.6%	248 (69.3%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.9%)	72 (20.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	$19,650			$127			$19,523	83	84.4	207	17
420627002506	225	Denver Elementary School	Public	K-5	South 4th Street	Denver	17517	Lancaster County	Cocalico School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 336-1501	453	32	14	50.8%	380 (83.9%)	4 (0.9%)	40 (8.8%)	13 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.3%)	$4,288			$682			$3,606	83	80.8	266	41
422529001458	226	Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School	Public	K-5	750 Westbourne Road	West Chester	19382	Chester County	West Chester Area School District	No	No	No	No	(484) 266-1800	550	38	14.6	15.1%	432 (78.5%)	29 (5.3%)	42 (7.6%)	11 (2.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.4%)	$14,637			$318			$14,318	83	85.6	182	44
422685006688	227	Indian Rock Elementary School	Public	3-5	1500 Indian Rock Dam Rd	York	17403	York County	York Suburban School District	No	No	No	No	(717) 885-1250	326	22	14.8	35.9%	221 (67.8%)	20 (6.1%)	49 (15.0%)	11 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.7%)	$18,048			$696			$17,352	82.9	81.4	253	26
422529001456	228	Exton Elementary School	Public	K-5	301 S Hendricks Ave	Exton	19341	Chester County	West Chester Area School District	No	No	No	No	(484) 266-1400	474	41	11.7	15.8%	218 (46.0%)	24 (5.1%)	18 (3.8%)	181 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (7.0%)	$17,170			$317			$16,853	82.9	78.3	318	90
421149002046	229	Klein Elementary School	Public	K-6	5325 E Lake Rd	Erie	16511	Erie County	Harbor Creek School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 897-2100	298	23	12.7	46.0%	265 (88.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.0%)	$14,936			$1,072			$13,864	82.8	83.9	214	15
421851002823	230	Ironton School	Public	K-5	3135 Levans Rd	Coplay	18037	Lehigh County	Parkland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 351-5810	430	30	14.2	32.3%	309 (71.9%)	18 (4.2%)	81 (18.8%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.2%)	$20,938			$641			$20,297	82.8	88.5	125	105

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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.