Best Public Schools in New Ringgold, PA

Summary:

The city of New Ringgold, Pennsylvania has only one school, West Penn Township Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. As the sole school in the area, it is the primary educational institution for children in New Ringgold and the surrounding Tamaqua Area School District.

West Penn Township Elementary School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from 630 out of 1,526 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 860 out of 1,511 in 2024-2025. The school's performance on PSSA tests has also been mixed, with proficiency rates in Math and English Language Arts below the state averages but above the Tamaqua Area School District averages in 2024-2025. However, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates were generally higher, with Math and Science scores exceeding both the district and state averages.

The school faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a free and reduced-price lunch rate of 44.49% for the 2023-2024 school year, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students. However, the school's student-teacher ratio of 14.8 for 2023-2024 is slightly lower than the state average, suggesting a relatively favorable learning environment. Despite the fluctuations in performance, the school's per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $9,718, which is in line with the state's average spending per student.

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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 All Grades	PSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
West Penn Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	185 School Dr	New Ringgold	17960	Schuylkill County	Tamaqua Area School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 386-5051	250	19	13.3	46.8%	220 (88.0%)	5 (2.0%)	21 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	2 (0.8%)	47.4	860^th of 1511 public elementary schools	43.1%		63.3	630^th of 1526 public elementary schools	58.7%	230	56.2	63.9	21.3	48.7	53.1	38.9	30.3	42.3	$10,219	$270	$9,949

Cities Near New Ringgold

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Orwigsburg	4.9 mi	2	352^nd
Schuylkill Haven	7.56 mi	4	440^th
Tamaqua	7.69 mi	4	592^nd
Hamburg	9.06 mi	3	605^th
Saint Clair	10.12 mi	1	552^nd

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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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