Most Improved Pennsylvania Elementary Schools

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1511)	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 (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
255	Shade Gap Elementary School	Public	K-5	22251 Shade Valley Road	Shade Gap	17255	Huntingdon County	Southern Huntingdon County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 447-5529	90	8	11.2	53.3%	85 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$17,178			$1,080			$16,098	81.2	52.3	833	578		422232002310
326	Juniata Elementary School	Public	K-4	248 Juniata Street	Du Bois	15801	Clearfield County	DuBois Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 371-1090	261	23	11.1	103.4%	244 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.6%)	$19,682			$2,142			$17,540	77.5	56.3	774	448		420783006157
382	Cook-Wissahickon School	Public	PK, KG-8	201 E Salaignac St	Philadelphia	19128	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3430	432	31	13.9	95.4%	183 (42.4%)	127 (29.4%)	61 (14.1%)	8 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.8%)	$19,303			$6,022			$13,280	74.8	54.7	800	418		421899005122
429	New Franklin Elementary School	Public	K-5	3584 Wayne Rd	Chambersburg	17202	Franklin County	Chambersburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 261-3454	206	13	16.3	97.1%	140 (68.0%)	14 (6.8%)	38 (18.4%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$16,491			$1,366			$15,126	72.6	51.5	844	415		420555007530
345	Tracy Elementary School	Public	K-5	1243 Tatamy Rd	Easton	18045	Northampton County	Easton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 250-2556	410	30	13.7	102.9%	190 (46.3%)	39 (9.5%)	100 (24.4%)	50 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.3%)	$22,567			$1,142			$21,425	76.6	57.7	750	405		420885005064
492	John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences	Public, Magnet	K-8	8301 Germantown Ave	Philadelphia	19118	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(215) 400-3360	394	29	13.6	97.7%	32 (8.1%)	314 (79.7%)	24 (6.1%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$21,377			$6,893			$14,484	68.7	47.7	894	402		421899003714
408	Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	233 Seem St	Emmaus	18049	Lehigh County	East Penn School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 965-1636	376	30	12.7	44.7%	247 (65.7%)	13 (3.5%)	82 (21.8%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.4%)	$18,980			$1,317			$17,663	73.7	54.5	806	398		420855002802
732	West Forest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	22318 Route 62 Box 15	Tionesta	16353	Forest County	Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 755-3302	100	12	8.4	111.0%	94 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.0%)	$32,328			$2,099			$30,229	55.7	29.4	1112	380		420828006701
362	Hamilton Township Elementary School	Public	K-4	HCR Box	Sciota	18354	Monroe County	Stroudsburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 992-4960	305	26	11.8	40.7%	238 (78.0%)	23 (7.5%)	36 (11.8%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$23,593			$843			$22,751	75.7	58.1	737	375		422286007571
274	Salisbury-Elk Lick Elementary School	Public	K-6	196 Smith Ave	Salisbury	15558	Somerset County	Salisbury-Elk Lick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 662-2733	130	14	9.6	63.1%	123 (94.6%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.8%)	$23,116			$7,577			$15,539	80.4	62.7	649	375		422076006818

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSSA Math, PSSA English Language Arts test scores released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 13, 2025, 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.