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)
422630005152	1171	Daniel J Flood Elementary School	Public	K-5	565 N Washington St	Wilkes Barre	18705	Luzerne County	Wilkes-Barre Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 826-7245	592	34	17.2	100.0%	99 (16.7%)	117 (19.8%)	317 (53.5%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.8%)	$15,628			$4,653			$10,975	25	16.7	1248	77
420363000799	1172	Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	805 15th Street	Beaver Falls	15010	Beaver County	Big Beaver Falls Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 843-3420	497	33	14.9	100.0%	188 (37.8%)	140 (28.2%)	14 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	146 (29.4%)	$17,778			$2,246			$15,533	24.7	28.2	1133	39
422595006392	1173	Chester Street Elementary School	Public	1-5	110 East Chester Street	Kingston	18704	Luzerne County	Wyoming Valley West School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 287-2438	299	21	14.2	100.0%	166 (55.5%)	35 (11.7%)	57 (19.1%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.7%)	$15,716			$1,723			$13,993	24.6	33.9	1086	87
420930002001	1174	Grover Cleveland Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1540 W 38th St	Erie	16508	Erie County	Erie City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 874-6670	554	45	12.3	100.0%	289 (52.2%)	90 (16.2%)	38 (6.9%)	27 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	109 (19.7%)	$11,102			$4,897			$6,205	24.6	24	1177	3
421917000684	1175	Pittsburgh Roosevelt K -5	Public	PK, KG-5	17 W Cherryhill Street	Pittsburgh	15210	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-7780	252	20	12.8	95.6%	86 (34.1%)	98 (38.9%)	14 (5.6%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	46 (18.3%)	$26,640			$3,427			$23,212	24.5	18.2	1237	62
421314002597	1176	Smith-Wade-Elementary Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	910 Hamilton Park Drive	Lancaster	17603	Lancaster County	Lancaster School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 291-6151	447	29	15.6	100.0%	105 (23.5%)	65 (14.5%)	212 (47.4%)	25 (5.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (8.5%)	$18,032			$2,472			$15,560	24.4	31.9	1102	74
421698005080	1177	Davenport Elementary School	Public	1-4	1 E Oak St	Norristown	19401	Montgomery County	Norristown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 275-1077	377	29	13.1	100.0%	10 (2.7%)	92 (24.4%)	253 (67.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	$22,412			$1,504			$20,909	24.2	14.8	1272	95
421899003779	1178	Farrell Louis High School	Public	K-8	8300 Castor Ave	Philadelphia	19152	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3230	1,102	66	16.5	100.0%	378 (34.3%)	191 (17.3%)	272 (24.7%)	218 (19.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.5%)	37 (3.4%)	$17,209			$8,243			$8,966	24.2	24.9	1166	12
421344002746	1179	Southeast Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	499 East Pershing Ave	Lebanon	17042	Lebanon County	Lebanon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 273-9391	473	27	17.2	80.5%	115 (24.3%)	15 (3.2%)	312 (66.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.7%)	$12,167			$1,791			$10,375	24.1	21.8	1200	21
420708001645	1180	Second District Elementary School	Public	K-6	1216 S Main St	Meadville	16335	Crawford County	Crawford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 724-7073	329	26	12.5	100.0%	243 (73.9%)	33 (10.0%)	16 (4.9%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.7%)	$15,346			$4,199			$11,147	23.7	25.7	1156	24

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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.
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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.