Best Public Schools in Buckingham, PA

Summary:

The city of Buckingham, Pennsylvania is home to a single standout elementary school, Buckingham Elementary School, which is part of the Central Bucks School District. This public school serves grades K-6 and has consistently ranked in the top 15% of Pennsylvania elementary schools, with a 2024-2025 ranking of 68 out of 1,511 schools statewide.

Buckingham Elementary School's academic performance is exceptional, with proficiency rates significantly exceeding state and district averages in Math, English Language Arts, and Science. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 74% in Math and 80.9% in ELA, compared to the state averages of 41.7% and 48.5%, respectively. Additionally, the school's science proficiency rate was 92.6% in the 2023-2024 school year, well above the state average of 65.8%. These strong test scores, combined with the school's relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (11.38% in 2023-2024), suggest that Buckingham Elementary School is providing a high-quality education to its students.

The school's academic excellence is further supported by its high spending per student, which was $19,582 in the 2022-2023 school year, and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 15.2 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors, along with the school's consistent top-tier performance, make Buckingham Elementary School a standout institution within the Central Bucks School District and the state of Pennsylvania.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSSA Math (2025)					PSSA English Language Arts (2025)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Buckingham Elementary School	Public	K-6	Box 158 2414 Durham Road	Buckingham	18912	Bucks County	Central Bucks School District	No	No	No	No	(267) 893-4200	442	34	13.1	11.5%	372 (84.2%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (7.9%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.8%)	92.7	68^th of 1511 public elementary schools	95.5%		87.4	146^th of 1526 public elementary schools	90.4%	78	80.5	75.8	74.1	65.3	74.0	86.6	80.6	75.9	78.7	80.9	$21,245	$406	$20,839

Cities Near Buckingham

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Furlong	1.83 mi	1	44^th
Jamison	2.18 mi	3	71^st
Doylestown	3.13 mi	11	40^th
Newtown	4 mi	6	30^th
Warrington	4.55 mi	5	96^th

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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.

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