Best Public Schools in Centre Hall, PA

Summary:

The city of Centre Hall, Pennsylvania is home to a single standout elementary school, the Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School, which serves students in grades K-6 within the Penns Valley Area School District. This school has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic performance, ranking in the top 10% of Pennsylvania elementary schools and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School's students significantly outperform their peers at the district and state levels on standardized assessments, with proficiency rates in PSSA Math and English Language Arts that are well above average. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, 80.4% of students were proficient or better in PSSA Math, compared to just 61.6% for the district and 41.7% for the state. The school's 4th grade PSSA Math proficiency rate of 72.8% was over 20 percentage points higher than the state average of 50.6%, and its 3rd grade PSSA English Language Arts proficiency rate of 86.5% was nearly 40 percentage points higher than the state average of 48.6%.

With a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 to 1 and per-student spending of $15,315, Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School is able to provide a high-quality education and support to its diverse student population, including a sizable percentage of economically disadvantaged students. The school's consistent improvement in its statewide ranking, from 359 out of 1,534 elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 138 out of 1,511 in 2024-2025, further demonstrates its commitment to academic excellence and its ability to deliver exceptional outcomes for its students.

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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 All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	211 North Hoffer Street	Centre Hall	16828	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	205	14	15.1	37.1%	195 (95.1%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	88.9	138^th of 1511 public elementary schools	90.9%		81	263^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	82.8%	125	89.5	72.8	80.4	86.5	65.9	75.3	$16,569	$1,136	$15,433

Cities Near Centre Hall

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pleasant Gap	3.26 mi	2	177^th
Bellefonte	6.18 mi	5	215^th
State College	7.56 mi	12	87^th
Spring Mills	8.35 mi	2	121^st
Wingate	9.19 mi	2	375^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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