Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania for White Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Pennsylvania!

Every year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, White students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Pennsylvania PSSA test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Pennsylvania test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 1229)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
421899000619	1	Penn Alexander School	Public	K-8	4209 Spruce St	Philadelphia	19104	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7760	579	37	15.8	100.0%	263 (45.4%)	76 (13.1%)	27 (4.7%)	155 (26.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	57 (9.8%)	$16,543			$7,544			$8,999	99.9%	99.5%	0.38%
421007000149	2	Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-5	738 Dorseyville Rd	Pittsburgh	15238	Allegheny County	Fox Chapel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 963-9315	377	27	14.1	8.8%	311 (82.5%)	11 (2.9%)	8 (2.1%)	22 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.6%)	$20,226			$283			$19,942	99.8%	99.9%	0.10%
421701006603	3	Hosack Elementary School	Public	K-5	9275 Peebles Rd	Allison Park	15101	Allegheny County	North Allegheny School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 366-9664	342	30	11.5	12.6%	270 (78.9%)	11 (3.2%)	14 (4.1%)	32 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.1%)	$18,403			$538			$17,865	99.8%	99.9%	0.11%
420011800724	4	Infinity Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	5405 Locust Lane	Harrisburg	17109	Dauphin County	Infinity Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(717) 238-1880	256	19	13.4		120 (46.9%)	30 (11.7%)	22 (8.6%)	60 (23.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.0%)	$11,171			$1,130			$10,041	99.7%	95.6%	4.07%
421416003287	5	Merion Elementary School	Public	K-4	549 S Bowman Ave	Merion Station	19066	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 645-1470	446	38	11.6	13.2%	287 (64.3%)	21 (4.7%)	25 (5.6%)	62 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.4%)	$27,416			$263			$27,153	99.6%	98.8%	0.77%
422457000490	6	Eisenhower Elementary School	Public	K-4	100 Warwick Dr	Pittsburgh	15241	Allegheny County	Upper St. Clair School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 833-1600	516	33	15.4	8.9%	412 (79.8%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.2%)	59 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.8%)	$18,284			$843			$17,441	99.5%	99.7%	0.16%
422520000707	7	Donaldson Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 Donaldson Road	Oakdale	15071	Allegheny County	West Allegheny School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 213-1010	551	35	15.8	24.0%	484 (87.8%)	17 (3.1%)	11 (2.0%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.2%)	$15,733			$930			$14,802	99.4%	99.7%	0.31%
421140000178	8	Poff Elementary School	Public	K-5	2990 Haberlein Rd	Gibsonia	15044	Allegheny County	Hampton Township School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 492-6335	314	22	14.4	9.9%	289 (92.0%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.2%)	10 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$50			$02			$49	99.3%	99.8%	0.45%
421140000176	9	Wyland Elementary School	Public	K-5	2284 Wyland Ave	Allison Park	15101	Allegheny County	Hampton Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 492-6345	355	26	13.4	14.1%	321 (90.4%)	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.7%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.2%)	$50			$02			$48	99.3%	99.6%	0.34%
421167001877	10	Coopertown Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 Coopertown Rd	Bryn Mawr	19010	Delaware County	Haverford Township School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 853-5900	487	39	12.3	10.1%	393 (80.7%)	12 (2.5%)	18 (3.7%)	25 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.8%)	$16,875			$108			$16,768	99.2%	99.3%	0.09%

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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.