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Best Public Schools in Vanderbilt, PA

At a glance

School

127

Students

Top rankedFranklin School905^th of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Franklin School up 12 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Vanderbilt, Pennsylvania has only one school, Franklin School, which serves grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 130 students. Franklin School is part of the Uniontown Area School District, which is ranked 366 out of 606 school districts in Pennsylvania and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Franklin School's academic performance is mixed, with some grade levels performing above the state average in both math and English Language Arts (ELA), while others are significantly below. The school's science proficiency rate for 4th grade is 100%, significantly higher than the district and state averages. However, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 97.69% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is likely a contributing factor to its academic performance.

Despite the challenges faced by Franklin School, the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.9 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year, and its per-student spending for the 2022-2023 school year was $18,472, which is higher than the state average. These factors suggest that the school is allocating resources to support student learning, and this could be leveraged as a strength in developing strategies for improvement.

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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
Franklin School	Public	K-6	242 Buena Vista Road	Vanderbilt	15486	Fayette County	Uniontown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 628-6030	127	9	13.5	97.6%	114 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.1%)	44.7	905^th of 1511 public elementary schools	40.1%		46.7	917^th of 1526 public elementary schools	39.9%	12	47.7	15.0	36.3	28.6	32.5	57.2	30.0	54.5	57.1	49.4	$20,636	$3,920	$16,716

Cities Near Vanderbilt

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Connellsville	4.5 mi	6	652^nd
Perryopolis	5.22 mi	4	492^nd
Uniontown	6.93 mi	13	551^st
Scottdale	8.26 mi	2	402^nd
Belle Vernon	9.23 mi	4	425^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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