Best Public Schools in Richfield, PA

Summary:

The city of Richfield, Pennsylvania has only one school, East Juniata Elementary School, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. The school is part of the Juniata County School District, which is ranked 409 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Juniata Elementary School has some strengths, such as higher-than-average math proficiency rates, particularly in 5th grade, and a strong science proficiency rate for 4th graders. However, the school struggles with lower-than-average English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rates across all grade levels, with the 4th grade ELA proficiency rate being particularly low at 30.2% compared to the state's 48.3%. The school also has a relatively high free and reduced lunch rate of 60.65%, indicating a significant population of economically disadvantaged students.

Despite its strengths, East Juniata Elementary School's performance has been declining over the past three school years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 489 out of 1,534 Pennsylvania elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 875 out of 1,511 in 2024-2025. This consistent decline in ranking suggests that the school may need to implement targeted interventions or strategies to address the specific learning needs of its student population and close the achievement gap with the state.

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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
East Juniata Elementary School	Public	K-6	54 Main St	Richfield	17086	Juniata County	Juniata County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 694-3961	378	33	11.4	64.0%	358 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.7%)	46.1	875^th of 1511 public elementary schools	42.1%		56.4	771^st of 1526 public elementary schools	49.5%	104	36.9	47.7	53.5	42.0	45.4	42.6	30.2	37.5	48.0	39.8	$16,625	$1,755	$14,870

Cities Near Richfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mc Alisterville	5.49 mi	2	422^nd
Beaver Springs	5.65 mi	1	432^nd
Middleburg	7.8 mi	3	347^th
Millerstown	10.12 mi	3	176^th
Thompsontown	10.91 mi	1

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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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