Best Public Schools in Centre County, Pennsylvania

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2021)				Ranking (2019)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2021)	Keystone Exams Biology (2021)	Keystone Exams Literature (2021)	PSSA Math (2021)							PSSA Science (2021)			PSSA English Language Arts (2021)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2020)
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 (2021)	Statewide Rank (2021)	State Percentile (2021)	SchoolDigger Rating (2021)	Average Standard Score (2019)	Statewide Rank (2019)	State Percentile (2019)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Keystone Exams Algebra I 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Biology 11th Grade	Keystone Exams Literature 11th Grade	PSSA Math 3rd Grade	PSSA Math 4th Grade	PSSA Math 5th Grade	PSSA Math 6th Grade	PSSA Math 7th Grade	PSSA Math 8th Grade	PSSA Math All Grades	PSSA Science 4th Grade	PSSA Science 8th Grade	PSSA Science 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 7th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSSA English Language Arts All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Nittany Valley Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1612 Norma St	State College	16801	Centre County	Nittany Valley Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(814) 867-3842	47	6	7.8	23.4%	39 (83.0%)	2 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										36.9										68.5	$16,001	$318	$15,683
Corl Street Elementary School	Public	K-5	235 Corl St	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-1185	235	17	13.8	9.4%	187 (79.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	30 (12.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.1%)	89.7	88^th of 1433 public elementary schools	93.9%		87.1	125^th of 1544 public elementary schools	91.9%	37				72.0	78.3	79.1				76.7	88.6		88.6	80.0	75.6	95.9				82.5	$18,333	$609	$17,724
Easterly Parkway Elementary School	Public	K-5	234 Easterly Pkwy	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-1170	303	27	11.4	23.4%	180 (59.4%)	22 (7.3%)	22 (7.3%)	48 (15.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (9.6%)	78.8	281^st of 1433 public elementary schools	80.4%		76.7	364^th of 1544 public elementary schools	76.4%	83				69.1	41.7	72.8				62.5	92.3		92.3	67.4	60.8	81.8				69.3	$20,109	$978	$19,131
Radio Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	800 W Cherry Ln	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-4115	361	27	13.2	8.0%	260 (72.0%)	4 (1.1%)	12 (3.3%)	63 (17.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.8%)	93.3	34^th of 1433 public elementary schools	97.6%		92.3	22^nd of 1544 public elementary schools	98.6%	12				90.6	90.0	67.2				82.3	98.0		98.0	86.7	96.0	72.7				84.9	$17,688	$264	$17,424
State College Area High School	Public	8-12	650 Westerly Pkwy	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-1111	2,370	198	11.9	17.6%	1,861 (78.5%)	70 (3.0%)	98 (4.1%)	185 (7.8%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	152 (6.4%)	90.9	12^th of 537 public high schools	97.8%		82.5	93^rd of 693 public high schools	86.6%	81	90.6	96.0																			$19,619	$216	$19,403
Park Forest Elementary School	Public	K-5	2181 School Dr	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-5010	461	33	13.9	15.6%	357 (77.4%)	18 (3.9%)	22 (4.8%)	24 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (8.7%)	78	294^th of 1433 public elementary schools	79.5%		75.9	391^st of 1544 public elementary schools	74.7%	97				67.2	58.4	59.7				62.0	87.0		87.0	71.6	48.0	78.9				67.3	$17,610	$638	$16,973
Park Forest Middle School	Public	6-8	2180 School Dr	State College	16803	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 272-8217	797	67	11.8	12.4%	618 (77.5%)	15 (1.9%)	39 (4.9%)	62 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	60 (7.5%)	86.8	72^nd of 797 public middle schools	91.0%		90.7	48^th of 891 public middle schools	94.6%	24							42.0	44.5	32.7	40.3		72.8	72.8				71.8	77.4	65.0	71.7	$19,989	$181	$19,808
Spring Creek Elementary School	Public	K-5	217 Scholl St	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 231-5026	353	24	14.9	13.9%	297 (84.1%)	6 (1.7%)	8 (2.3%)	16 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.1%)	88.7	105^th of 1433 public elementary schools	92.7%		88	111^th of 1544 public elementary schools	92.8%	6				88.3	62.8	81.6				76.9	90.7		90.7	82.3	62.8	91.8				79.3	$17,922	$266	$17,656
Mount Nittany Elementary School	Public	K-5	700 Brandywine Drive	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 272-5970	393	31	12.6	19.3%	301 (76.6%)	15 (3.8%)	12 (3.1%)	35 (8.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.6%)	78.1	292^nd of 1433 public elementary schools	79.6%		73.6	434^th of 1544 public elementary schools	71.9%	142				68.8	64.1	40.9				58.6	86.5		86.5	77.1	67.9	63.6				69.7	$19,419	$826	$18,593
Ferguson Township Elementary School	Public	K-5	215 West Pine Grove Rd	Pine Grove Mills	16868	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-4119	305	20	15.0	8.2%	244 (80.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	35 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.6%)	91.3	62^nd of 1433 public elementary schools	95.7%		85.7	144^th of 1544 public elementary schools	90.7%	82				70.0	78.6	70.4				73.0	97.6		97.6	80.0	85.7	79.5				81.7	$18,063	$266	$17,797
Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	1530 Westerly Parkway	State College	16801	Centre County	Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(814) 237-9727	387	34	11.3	33.3%	261 (67.4%)	54 (14.0%)	16 (4.1%)	26 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.8%)	51.5	788^th of 1433 public elementary schools	45.0%		53.1	866^th of 1544 public elementary schools	43.9%	78				51.3	25.7	41.9	12.0	42.9	0.0	33.0	80.6	62.6	75.0	61.1	60.0	50.0	40.0	64.3	43.8	54.5	$00	$00	$00
Pleasant Gap Elementary School	Public	K-5	230 S Main St	Pleasant Gap	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 359-2739	213	20	10.8	36.6%	198 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	73.4	386^th of 1433 public elementary schools	73.1%		71	484^th of 1544 public elementary schools	68.7%	98				65.7	53.1	54.6				58.4	78.2		78.2	68.5	62.5	63.6				65.1	$22,372	$474	$21,897
Centre Learning Community Charter School	Public, Charter	5-8	2643 W College Ave	State College	16801	Centre County	Centre Learning Community Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(814) 861-7980	67	8	7.9	26.9%	59 (88.1%)	2 (3.0%)	3 (4.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	73.8	165^th of 797 public middle schools	79.3%		61	379^th of 891 public middle schools	57.5%	214							66.6	37.5	17.6	42.6		58.8	58.8				91.6	50.0	58.9	68.6	$17,535	$359	$17,176
Mount Nittany Middle School	Public	6-8	656 Brandywine Dr	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 466-5133	756	61	12.3	19.3%	594 (78.6%)	28 (3.7%)	29 (3.8%)	56 (7.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.2%)	85.2	79^th of 797 public middle schools	90.1%		86.8	85^th of 891 public middle schools	90.5%	6							43.7	46.5	28.4	40.5		59.2	59.2				75.3	77.9	62.5	72.7	$19,851	$187	$19,664
Bellefonte Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 W Linn St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 355-5519	345	33	10.4	47.2%	311 (90.1%)	7 (2.0%)	17 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.6%)	55.1	740^th of 1433 public elementary schools	48.4%		46.7	981^st of 1544 public elementary schools	36.5%	241				61.6	41.7	34.1				48.1	68.8		68.8	57.8	43.5	56.1				53.0	$22,434	$1,246	$21,188
Bellefonte Area Middle School	Public	6-8	100 N School St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-5466	619	49	12.6	27.9%	576 (93.1%)	5 (0.8%)	17 (2.7%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	64	261^st of 797 public middle schools	67.3%		66.7	294^th of 891 public middle schools	67.0%	33							39.2	28.7	25.0	30.8		55.0	55.0				60.0	57.3	40.9	52.1	$11,014	$00	$11,014
Bellefonte Area High School	Public	9-12	830 E Bishop St	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-4833	897	63	14.1	17.4%	831 (92.6%)	8 (0.9%)	22 (2.5%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.6%)	77.8	109^th of 537 public high schools	79.7%		61.1	333^rd of 693 public high schools	51.9%	224	73.9	92.3																			$15,848	$00	$15,848
Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School	Public	9-12	502 Philips St	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 342-1521	502	41	12.3	31.5%	492 (98.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)								(n/a)	65.2																				$00	$00	$00
Central PA Institute of Science & Techno	Public	9-12	540 North Harrison Road	Pleasant Gap	16823	Centre County	Central PA Institute of Science & Technology	No	No	No	No	(814) 359-2793	5	17	.2		4 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Bald Eagle Area Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	710 S Eagle Valley Rd	Wingate	16823	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-4868	856	69	12.4	25.5%	818 (95.6%)	12 (1.4%)	9 (1.1%)	6 (0.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	79.9	82^nd of 537 public high schools	84.7%		74.2	187^th of 693 public high schools	73.0%	105	85.0	80.0	70.3				35.4	23.9	25.9	28.0		54.4	54.4				50.5	35.1	48.7	44.4	$16,700	$256	$16,444
Benner Elementary School	Public	K-5	490 Buffalo Run Rd	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 355-2812	201	18	11.1	18.9%	190 (94.5%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	77.7	298^th of 1433 public elementary schools	79.2%		77.5	346^th of 1544 public elementary schools	77.6%	48				70.0	50.0	55.9				58.9	88.5		88.5	58.1	80.0	66.6				67.4	$19,540	$00	$19,540
Wingate Elementary School	Public	K-5	776 S Eagle Valley Rd	Wingate	16823	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 355-4872	364	32	11.2	42.3%	352 (96.7%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	46.4	874^th of 1433 public elementary schools	39.0%		46.3	990^th of 1544 public elementary schools	35.9%	116				32.2	46.5	39.4				39.4	77.9		77.9	39.3	43.3	49.2				44.0	$17,111	$1,372	$15,739
Port Matilda Elementary School	Public	K-5	209 Locust Street	Port Matilda	16870	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 692-7429	93	12	7.8	33.3%	90 (96.8%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	76.7	314^th of 1433 public elementary schools	78.1%		71.8	465^th of 1544 public elementary schools	69.9%	151				79.0		36.4				62.5				79.0		54.6				67.5	$21,270	$93	$21,177
Gray's Woods Elementary School	Public	K-5	160 Brackenbourne Drive	Port Matilda	16870	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 235-6100	387	26	14.7	9.6%	353 (91.2%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (2.8%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	84.3	179^th of 1433 public elementary schools	87.5%		71.8	464^th of 1544 public elementary schools	69.9%	285				75.5	60.4	50.0				61.8	98.0		98.0	79.0	70.4	70.0				73.1	$16,020	$263	$15,757
Philipsburg Elementary School	Public	K-5	1810 Black Moshannon Road	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 342-2870	422	28	15.1	46.0%	414 (98.1%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	70.2	434^th of 1433 public elementary schools	69.7%		85.5	152^nd of 1544 public elementary schools	90.2%	282				56.9	47.4	50.0				51.4	84.8		84.8	68.9	74.6	47.6				63.4	$00	$00	$00
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	173	14	12.4	41.6%	169 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	78.2	290^th of 1433 public elementary schools	79.8%		63.6	643^rd of 1544 public elementary schools	58.4%	353				68.3	62.9					65.8	91.4		91.4	65.8	62.9					64.5	$13,227	$914	$12,313
Penns Valley Area Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	4545 Penns Valley Road	Spring Mills	16875	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	680	48	14.2	24.4%	651 (95.7%)	6 (0.9%)	10 (1.5%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	48.5	350^th of 537 public high schools	34.8%		82.9	90^th of 693 public high schools	87.0%	260	59.6	58.1						35.9	26.2	31.1		55.3	55.3					47.5	44.6	46.1	$17,399	$938	$16,461
Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School	Public	K-6	4528 Penns Valley Road	Spring Mills	16875	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	359	27	13.0	44.3%	354 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	74.2	377^th of 1433 public elementary schools	73.7%		67.5	558^th of 1544 public elementary schools	63.9%	181				47.4	34.1	62.9	59.2			54.9	75.6		75.6	60.5	47.7	63.9	74.5			64.6	$13,859	$1,174	$12,685
Liberty-Curtin Elementary School	Public	K-4	11125 N Eagle Valley Rd	Blanchard	16826	Centre County	Keystone Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 893-4900	162	16	10.0	60.5%	158 (97.5%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43.2	923^rd of 1433 public elementary schools	35.6%		37.4	1089^th of 1544 public elementary schools	29.5%	166				45.5	30.7					37.5	71.1		71.1	45.4	48.7					47.2	$16,264	$1,810	$14,453
Miles Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	80 Town Lane Road	Rebersburg	16872	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	84	8	11.0	59.5%	78 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)	1 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)	55.9	720^th of 1433 public elementary schools	49.8%		77	358^th of 1544 public elementary schools	76.8%	362				62.5	33.3					47.1	77.8		77.8	68.8	38.9					53.0	$14,034	$1,512	$12,521
Howard Elementary School	Public	K-5	255 School Street	Howard	16841	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 625-2423	92	9	9.8	38.0%	91 (98.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87.1	133^rd of 1433 public elementary schools	90.7%		92.6	16^th of 1544 public elementary schools	99.0%	117				72.8	58.8	100.0				75.6	88.2		88.2	63.7	82.4	100.0				82.9	$18,463	$724	$17,739
Mountaintop Area Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 School Dr # 865	Snow Shoe	16874	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 387-6861	119	10	11.9	28.6%	117 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	80.6	257^th of 1433 public elementary schools	82.1%		77.3	351^st of 1544 public elementary schools	77.3%	94				68.4	56.3	57.1				60.7	87.6		87.6	68.5	75.1	66.7				69.7	$18,249	$102	$18,147
Marion-Walker Elementary School	Public	K-5	100 School Dr	Bellefonte	16823	Centre County	Bellefonte Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 357-2425	389	27	14.4	15.2%	374 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	81	249^th of 1433 public elementary schools	82.6%		74.4	417^th of 1544 public elementary schools	73.0%	168				57.6	75.0	67.1				65.9	100.0		100.0	63.7	63.4	73.9				67.4	$18,276	$00	$18,276

Best Public Schools in Centre County, PA

Radio Park Elementary School

Ferguson Township Elementary School

State College Area High School

Corl Street Elementary School

Spring Creek Elementary School

Howard Elementary School

Park Forest Middle School

Mount Nittany Middle School

Gray's Woods Elementary School

Marion-Walker Elementary School

Mountaintop Area Elementary School

Bald Eagle Area Junior/Senior High School

Easterly Parkway Elementary School

Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School

Mount Nittany Elementary School

Park Forest Elementary School

Bellefonte Area High School

Benner Elementary School

Port Matilda Elementary School

Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School

Centre Learning Community Charter School

Pleasant Gap Elementary School

Philipsburg Elementary School

Bellefonte Area Middle School

Miles Township Elementary School

Bellefonte Elementary School

Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School

Penns Valley Area Junior/Senior High School

Wingate Elementary School

Liberty-Curtin Elementary School

Central PA Institute of Science & Techno

Nittany Valley Charter School

Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School

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