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Best Public Schools in Centre County, PA

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Top rankedState College Area High School14^th of 681 Pennsylvania high schools

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Liberty-Curtin Elementary School up 343 spots statewide this year

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Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School 7.8 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Keystone Exams Algebra I (2025)	Keystone Exams Biology (2025)	Keystone Exams Literature (2025)	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	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 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
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	6	11.1	35.8%	61 (91.0%)	1 (1.5%)	3 (4.5%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	87.4	92^nd of 873 public middle schools	89.5%		78	160^th of 891 public middle schools	82.0%	68						58.3	75.0	35.7	45.5	51.7			58.3	91.7	64.3	73.9	72.2	$22,183	$333	$21,850
Nittany Valley Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	1612 Norma St	State College	16801	Centre County	Nittany Valley Charter School	Yes	No	No	No	(814) 867-3842	51	7	6.9	21.6%	47 (92.2%)	1 (2.0%)	2 (3.9%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										51.8							59.3	$20,155	$274	$19,881
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	321	41	7.8	49.5%	192 (59.8%)	46 (14.3%)	16 (5.0%)	21 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	45 (14.0%)	56.3	725^th of 1511 public elementary schools	52.0%		52.5	830^th of 1526 public elementary schools	45.6%	105				59.5	47.3	19.4	40.0	31.0	52.4	42.6	64.3	52.7	41.9	60.0	58.6	85.7	59.1	$23,472	$942	$22,531
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	365	34	10.6	53.2%	350 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	38.6	982^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	35.0%		41.8	989^th of 1526 public elementary schools	35.2%	7				43.7	49.2	44.3				46.0	37.5	34.9	31.1				34.3	$20,751	$2,468	$18,284
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	94	9	10.1	41.5%	88 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	68.6	495^th of 1511 public elementary schools	67.2%		70.3	486^th of 1526 public elementary schools	68.2%	9				57.1	66.7	60.0				61.4	50.0	60.0	53.3				54.5	$20,335	$992	$19,343
Howard Elementary School	Public	K-5	255 School Street	Howard	16841	Centre County	Bald Eagle Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 625-2423	87	8	10.3	47.1%	84 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.3%)								(n/a)				68.8						81.2	62.6						72.7	$19,742	$629	$19,113
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	104	10	10.4	44.2%	100 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	71.6	444^th of 1511 public elementary schools	70.6%		76.3	366^th of 1526 public elementary schools	76.0%	78				92.9	42.8	55.5				63.0	71.5	42.9	66.6				60.9	$22,600	$576	$22,024
Bald Eagle Area Middle School/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	832	66	12.5	43.6%	795 (95.6%)	9 (1.1%)	12 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.3%)	76.2	152^nd of 681 public high schools	77.7%		79	119^th of 686 public high schools	82.7%	33	61.6	61.6	68.7				55.7	39.0	23.2	39.1				48.1	39.8	42.6	43.4	$20,672	$1,163	$19,509
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	252	19	13.2	23.4%	232 (92.1%)	2 (0.8%)	5 (2.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	85	200^th of 1511 public elementary schools	86.8%		79.9	287^th of 1526 public elementary schools	81.2%	87				67.4	86.1	72.7				75.0	69.8	75.0	57.6				67.9	$21,234	$327	$20,907
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	353	28	12.6	26.9%	330 (93.5%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.7%)	77.3	332^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	78.0%		78.8	315^th of 1526 public elementary schools	79.4%	17				59.7	74.2	75.9				69.7	50.8	60.7	80.6				63.6	$21,035	$217	$20,819
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	318	33	9.6	51.9%	277 (87.1%)	9 (2.8%)	11 (3.5%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	13 (4.1%)	53.2	777^th of 1511 public elementary schools	48.6%		54.2	809^th of 1526 public elementary schools	47.0%	32				56.5	34.0	57.1				49.4	52.2	40.0	50.0				47.4	$30,152	$5,405	$24,747
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	591	48	12.2	36.0%	547 (92.6%)	6 (1.0%)	16 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.5%)	71	214^th of 873 public middle schools	75.5%		71.2	235^th of 891 public middle schools	73.6%	21							42.4	40.6	37.1	40.1				63.8	49.7	57.5	56.5	$12,845	$00	$12,845
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	850	60	14.2	30.2%	775 (91.2%)	5 (0.6%)	23 (2.7%)	5 (0.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.2%)	68.3	229^th of 681 public high schools	66.4%		57	325^th of 686 public high schools	52.6%	96	53.3	56.1	67.2															$15,215	$00	$15,215
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	215	23	9.3	29.8%	191 (88.8%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.6%)	5 (2.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	74.6	387^th of 1511 public elementary schools	74.4%		74.1	417^th of 1526 public elementary schools	72.7%	30				61.6	77.8	61.3				67.7	42.3	66.6	61.3				58.0	$29,095	$2,980	$26,115
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	151	15	10.1	97.4%	137 (90.7%)	2 (1.3%)	5 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.6%)	62.1	616^th of 1511 public elementary schools	59.2%		44.3	959^th of 1526 public elementary schools	37.2%	343				59.2	71.0					65.6	48.1	48.4					48.3	$20,550	$2,443	$18,107
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	205	14	15.1	37.1%	195 (95.1%)	2 (1.0%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	88.9	138^th of 1511 public elementary schools	90.9%		81	263^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	82.8%	125				89.5	72.8					80.4	86.5	65.9					75.3	$16,569	$1,136	$15,433
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	632	49	12.9	39.9%	603 (95.4%)	4 (0.6%)	15 (2.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.1%)	85.3	75^th of 681 public high schools	89.0%		77	142^nd of 686 public high schools	79.3%	67	68.4	64.6	79.2					51.6	35.5	43.7					50.5	40.0	45.3	$21,444	$1,612	$19,832
Penns Valley Area Elementary and Intrmd School	Public	PK, KG-6	4528 Penns Valley Road	Spring Mills	16875	Centre County	Penns Valley Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 422-2000	348	26	13.3	45.4%	343 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	79.9	282^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	81.3%		76.9	352^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	76.9%	70				67.5	60.0	74.4	62.2			67.2	62.1	54.3	53.4	67.0			59.4	$17,605	$1,345	$16,260
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	423	35	12.1	44.4%	413 (97.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	79.5	287^th of 1511 public elementary schools	81.0%		72.5	445^th of 1526 public elementary schools	70.8%	158				59.2	74.3	70.5				68.1	63.4	65.2	61.5				63.3	$16,946	$946	$16,001
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	525	41	12.9	44.8%	505 (96.2%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.3%)	47.4	404^th of 681 public high schools	40.7%		53.8	358^th of 686 public high schools	47.8%	46	29.4	55.3	57.9															$18,928	$1,056	$17,871
Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Short St Suite A	Philipsburg	16866	Centre County	Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 342-4906	372	31	11.9	53.2%	353 (94.9%)	3 (0.8%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	57.9	361^st of 873 public middle schools	58.6%		65.9	302^nd of 891 public middle schools	66.1%	59							46.8	27.8	19.1	31.1				56.7	55.7	45.3	52.5	$28,617	$1,597	$27,020
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	752	64	11.6	21.8%	572 (76.1%)	24 (3.2%)	36 (4.8%)	60 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (7.8%)	92.6	52^nd of 873 public middle schools	94.0%		89.7	65^th of 891 public middle schools	92.7%	13							65.8	57.4	48.5	57.7				76.7	77.8	70.6	75.2	$25,885	$90	$25,796
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	356	27	12.9	11.5%	315 (88.5%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.0%)	14 (3.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.1%)	74.3	395^th of 1511 public elementary schools	73.9%		75	394^th of 1526 public elementary schools	74.2%	1				64.8	62.8	60.6				62.6	60.7	70.6	50.8				60.1	$21,624	$142	$21,482
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	287	23	12.5	15.3%	220 (76.7%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.1%)	35 (12.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.4%)	93.5	54^th of 1511 public elementary schools	96.4%		88.2	131^st of 1526 public elementary schools	91.4%	77				85.4	77.8	76.4				79.8	83.3	80.0	80.0				81.1	$23,926	$144	$23,781
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	250	22	11.5	18.0%	192 (76.8%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.4%)	32 (12.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.8%)	83.1	234^th of 1511 public elementary schools	84.5%		88.4	124^th of 1526 public elementary schools	91.9%	110				69.5	72.2	62.5				67.5	63.8	71.5	68.7				68.0	$23,607	$144	$23,463
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	314	31	9.9	39.2%	195 (62.1%)	28 (8.9%)	27 (8.6%)	35 (11.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (9.2%)	75.8	358^th of 1511 public elementary schools	76.3%		73	436^th of 1526 public elementary schools	71.4%	78				61.5	66.0	52.6				60.9	61.5	64.3	68.4				64.7	$26,402	$1,457	$24,945
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	360	26	13.5	21.1%	298 (82.8%)	5 (1.4%)	12 (3.3%)	16 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.1%)	83.7	224^th of 1511 public elementary schools	85.2%		88.4	126^th of 1526 public elementary schools	91.7%	98				69.2	74.0	63.9				68.8	69.2	76.0	62.3				68.8	$21,702	$436	$21,266
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	413	32	12.7	23.0%	332 (80.4%)	9 (2.2%)	17 (4.1%)	28 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.5%)	84.4	206^th of 1511 public elementary schools	86.4%		81.6	251^st of 1526 public elementary schools	83.6%	45				67.6	69.9	66.6				68.1	69.1	72.6	73.0				71.5	$23,484	$677	$22,807
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	424	34	12.5	19.3%	253 (59.7%)	12 (2.8%)	18 (4.2%)	97 (22.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	43 (10.1%)	90.4	116^th of 1511 public elementary schools	92.3%		84.3	203^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	86.7%	87				86.1	71.7	64.4				74.9	84.7	76.6	72.9				78.5	$23,150	$144	$23,006
State College Area High School	Public	9-12	650 Westerly Pkwy	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	No	No	No	(814) 231-1111	2,402	207	11.5	21.5%	1,821 (75.8%)	72 (3.0%)	131 (5.5%)	187 (7.8%)	6 (0.2%)	3 (0.1%)	182 (7.6%)	96	14^th of 681 public high schools	97.9%		94	25^th of 686 public high schools	96.4%	11	84.5	83.6	88.5															$23,679	$129	$23,550
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	419	31	13.4	18.6%	318 (75.9%)	16 (3.8%)	27 (6.4%)	28 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.9%)	85.1	197^th of 1511 public elementary schools	87.0%		87.4	144^th of 1526 public elementary schools	90.6%	53				77.8	72.6	65.8				71.6	67.7	64.4	71.8				68.0	$21,761	$685	$21,076
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	822	63	13.1	15.1%	643 (78.2%)	13 (1.6%)	21 (2.6%)	85 (10.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (6.8%)	94.8	37^th of 873 public middle schools	95.8%		93.7	39^th of 891 public middle schools	95.6%	2							62.8	57.8	61.8	60.9				81.6	79.4	76.4	79.2	$23,661	$89	$23,571
Delta Middle School	Public	6-8	653 Westerly Parkway	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(814) 231-1000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Delta High School	Public	9-12	653 Westerly Parkway	State College	16801	Centre County	State College Area School District	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(814) 231-1000	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Central PA Institute of Science and Technology	Public	9-12	540 North Harrison Road	Pleasant Gap	16823	Centre County	Central PA Institute of Science and Technology	No	No	No	No	(814) 359-2793	5	16	.3		5 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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