Best Public Schools in Shoemakersville, PA

Summary:

Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania is home to a single school, Perry Elementary School, which serves students in grades K-5. As part of the Hamburg Area School District, Perry Elementary has consistently outperformed the district and the state of Pennsylvania in academic metrics, ranking in the top half of Pennsylvania elementary schools for the past three years.

Perry Elementary School boasts a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger and has maintained a relatively low 1.4% dropout rate. The school's students have demonstrated strong proficiency in both Math and English Language Arts, with a 61.2% Math proficiency rate in the 2024-2025 school year, compared to 36.5% for the district and 41.7% for the state. Additionally, the school's student-teacher ratio of 11.6 is lower than the state average, which may contribute to its academic success.

Despite serving a population with a higher-than-average rate of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (42.51%), Perry Elementary School has been able to provide a high-quality education, as evidenced by its strong test scores and performance rankings. The school's investment in resources, with a per-student spending of $19,797 in the 2022-2023 school year, suggests a commitment to supporting the educational needs of its students and may be a key factor in its standout performance within the region.

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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
Perry Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 Fourth Street	Shoemakersville	19555	Berks County	Hamburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 562-3024	327	27	12.0	43.4%	283 (86.5%)	5 (1.5%)	24 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.3%)	59.7	655^th of 1511 public elementary schools	56.7%		62.2	661^st of 1526 public elementary schools	56.7%	6	66.0	61.7	56.0	61.2	43.1	31.9	58.0	44.6	$20,520	$839	$19,680

Cities Near Shoemakersville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Leesport	3.54 mi	4	442^nd
Hamburg	3.89 mi	3	605^th
Blandon	5.38 mi	1	506^th
Fleetwood	6.75 mi	3	461^st
Reading	7.35 mi	32	690^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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