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Best Elementary Schools in Washington County, PA

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Schools

13,421

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMcMurray Elementary School16^th of 1,511 Pennsylvania elementary schools

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Biggest riser

William Penn Elementary School up 189 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Trinity South Elementary School 9.5 students per teacher

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8 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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 (2025)	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
Avella Elementary Center	Public	K-6	1000 Avella Rd	Avella	15312	Washington County	Avella Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 356-2218	242	24	10.1	64.5%	230 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.1%)	43.6	920^th of 1511 public elementary schools	39.1%		43	979^th of 1526 public elementary schools	35.8%	59	40.7	66.7	44.0	2.6	37.1	51.5	50.0	40.0	35.9	44.3	$20,562	$2,354	$18,208
Bentworth Elementary Center	Public	K-4	100 Bearcat Dr	Bentleyville	15314	Washington County	Bentworth School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 239-3606	413	30	13.7	95.4%	359 (86.9%)	13 (3.1%)	8 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.5%)	76.6	344^th of 1511 public elementary schools	77.2%		70.6	474^th of 1526 public elementary schools	68.9%	130	68.1	60.2			63.8	72.2	62.5			66.9	$16,374	$178	$16,196
Bethlehem-Center Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	194 Crawford Rd	Fredericktown	15333	Washington County	Bethlehem-Center School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 267-4910	483	36	13.6	100.6%	446 (92.3%)	9 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.6%)	46	880^th of 1511 public elementary schools	41.8%		50.6	855^th of 1526 public elementary schools	44.0%	25	54.4	40.2	42.0	27.5	41.3	55.9	55.6	27.5	37.7	44.5	$17,976	$539	$17,436
Burgettstown Elementary Center	Public	K-5	100 Bavington Rd	Burgettstown	15021	Washington County	Burgettstown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 947-8150	430	37	11.7	52.6%	389 (90.5%)	8 (1.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.3%)	58.8	678^th of 1511 public elementary schools	55.1%		61.8	667^th of 1526 public elementary schools	56.3%	11	60.0	53.4	52.0		55.3	43.8	50.0	52.0		48.3	$24,619	$1,314	$23,305
California Area Elementary School	Public	K-6	40 Trojan Way	Coal Center	15423	Washington County	California Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 785-5800	485	32	15.0	99.4%	387 (79.8%)	21 (4.3%)	19 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	55 (11.3%)	20.6	1190^th of 1511 public elementary schools	21.2%		37.2	1039^th of 1526 public elementary schools	31.9%	151	19.7	10.4	12.1	16.7	14.9	32.0	22.7	40.9	43.3	34.4	$13,403	$653	$12,751
Wylandville Elementary School	Public	K-4	1254 Route 519	Eighty Four	15330	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 222-2507	318	18	18.1	19.5%	278 (87.4%)	6 (1.9%)	10 (3.1%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	87.4	168^th of 1511 public elementary schools	88.9%		91.3	56^th of 1526 public elementary schools	96.3%	112	83.1	71.8			77.5	75.4	68.2			71.9	$13,164	$145	$13,019
South Central Elementary	Public	K-4	230 S Central Ave	Canonsburg	15317	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 745-4475	450	33	13.5	48.0%	340 (75.6%)	34 (7.6%)	19 (4.2%)	14 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.6%)	63.8	590^th of 1511 public elementary schools	61.0%		62.7	645^th of 1526 public elementary schools	57.7%	55	61.7	59.1			60.4	56.2	51.2			53.7	$15,557	$986	$14,570
Hills-Hendersonville Elementary School	Public	K-4	50 Mayview Rd	Canonsburg	15317	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 745-8390	267	18	15.1	24.7%	214 (80.1%)	13 (4.9%)	13 (4.9%)	12 (4.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.2%)	79.4	289^th of 1511 public elementary schools	80.9%		85.3	189^th of 1526 public elementary schools	87.6%	100	70.9	64.0			67.2	70.9	63.9			67.2	$15,550	$132	$15,419
Muse Elementary School	Public	K-4	40 Muse School St	Muse	15350	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 745-9014	759	48	15.7	31.6%	623 (82.1%)	35 (4.6%)	26 (3.4%)	20 (2.6%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (6.9%)	78.8	305^th of 1511 public elementary schools	79.8%		79.2	306^th of 1526 public elementary schools	79.9%	1	72.2	60.3			66.5	67.9	66.8			67.5	$14,073	$455	$13,617
Borland Manor Elementary School	Public	K-4	30 Giffin Dr	Canonsburg	15317	Washington County	Canon-McMillan School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 745-2700	273	22	12.3	22.0%	224 (82.1%)	11 (4.0%)	15 (5.5%)	9 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.1%)	88.7	143^rd of 1511 public elementary schools	90.5%		82.7	231^st of 1526 public elementary schools	84.9%	88	83.0	69.8			76.7	76.6	74.4			75.5	$18,335	$140	$18,195
Charleroi Area Elementary Center	Public	K-5	75 Fecsen Dr	Charleroi	15022	Washington County	Charleroi Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 483-5554	621	46	13.5	60.5%	342 (55.1%)	175 (28.2%)	23 (3.7%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	72 (11.6%)	48.2	852^nd of 1511 public elementary schools	43.6%		56.8	767^th of 1526 public elementary schools	49.7%	85	54.4	52.1	28.6		44.8	51.1	44.9	42.3		46.3	$16,192	$829	$15,363
Allison Park Elementary School	Public	K-6	803 McGovern Rd	Houston	15342	Washington County	Chartiers-Houston School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 745-4700	691	48	14.3	37.0%	563 (81.5%)	25 (3.6%)	42 (6.1%)	6 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.7%)	72.9	423^rd of 1511 public elementary schools	72.0%		77.5	340^th of 1526 public elementary schools	77.7%	83	62.1	63.9	58.3	48.5	58.2	62.4	60.7	59.3	55.0	59.5	$15,111	$688	$14,423
William Penn Elementary School	Public	K-5	392 William Penn Road	Monongahela	15063	Washington County	Elizabeth Forward School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 896-2330	333	27	12.5	54.1%	280 (84.1%)	16 (4.8%)	13 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.2%)	76	356^th of 1511 public elementary schools	76.4%		67.4	545^th of 1526 public elementary schools	64.3%	189	67.3	53.7	68.5		63.2	76.4	63.0	51.8		63.8	$19,111	$1,550	$17,560
Fort Cherry Elementary Center	Public	K-6	110 Fort Cherry Road	Mc Donald	15057	Washington County	Fort Cherry School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 796-1551	455	37	12.1	51.4%	407 (89.5%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (3.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.8%)	77.5	329^th of 1511 public elementary schools	78.2%		82.6	233^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	84.7%	96	80.6	55.4	52.4	62.9	63.1	80.7	50.0	57.4	64.5	63.5	$19,104	$901	$18,203
Joe Walker Elementary School	Public	K-5	2510 Park Ave	Washington	15301	Washington County	McGuffey School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 222-3061	199	17	11.4	52.8%	191 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	72.7	428^th of 1511 public elementary schools	71.7%		77.5	342^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	77.6%	86	82.9	51.6	36.3		60.3	80.0	58.0	54.5		65.9	$23,753	$2,197	$21,556
Claysville Elementary School	Public	K-5	119 Main St	Claysville	15323	Washington County	McGuffey School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 663-7772	478	38	12.6	52.3%	455 (95.2%)	3 (0.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.7%)	61.5	628^th of 1511 public elementary schools	58.4%		56.3	775^th of 1526 public elementary schools	49.2%	147	69.6	46.8	41.3		52.2	65.8	53.1	45.4		54.5	$17,243	$1,051	$16,191
McMurray Elementary School	Public	4-5	626 E McMurray Rd	McMurray	15317	Washington County	Peters Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 941-5020	608	42	14.4	12.2%	548 (90.1%)	4 (0.7%)	12 (2.0%)	25 (4.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	96.3	16^th of 1511 public elementary schools	98.9%		93.4	23^rd of 1526 public elementary schools	98.5%	7		89.5	85.0		87.3		84.9	79.8		82.5	$16,824	$146	$16,678
Bower Hill Elementary School	Public	K-3	424 Bower Hill Road	Venetia	15367	Washington County	Peters Township School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 941-0913	689	40	17.4	13.2%	616 (89.4%)	6 (0.9%)	26 (3.8%)	21 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.9%)								(n/a)	94.5				94.5	88.9				88.9	$14,280	$15	$14,266
Pleasant Valley Elementary School	Public	K-3	250 E McMurray Rd	McMurray	15317	Washington County	Peters Township School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 941-6260	495	29	17.0	11.5%	450 (90.9%)	4 (0.8%)	12 (2.4%)	13 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)								(n/a)	96.2				96.2	95.3				95.3	$15,030	$114	$14,916
Ringgold Elementary School North	Public	K-4	3685 Finleyville-Elrama Rd	Finleyville	15332	Washington County	Ringgold School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 348-7205	344	31	11.1	43.0%	310 (90.1%)	7 (2.0%)	12 (3.5%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	67.1	530^th of 1511 public elementary schools	64.9%		66.3	564^th of 1526 public elementary schools	63.0%	34	65.4	56.9			61.7	62.6	49.2			56.8	$17,989	$1,615	$16,374
Ringgold Elementary School South	Public	K-4	120 Alexander Avenue	Monongahela	15063	Washington County	Ringgold School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 258-8454	517	44	11.8	70.6%	357 (69.1%)	71 (13.7%)	25 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (12.2%)	33.1	1049^th of 1511 public elementary schools	30.6%		36.4	1052^nd of 1526 public elementary schools	31.1%	3	45.4	31.9			37.2	44.0	38.6			40.8	$18,349	$2,276	$16,073
South Fayette Elementary School	Public	K-2	3620 Old Oakdale Rd	Mc Donald	15057	Washington County	South Fayette Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 221-4542	717	43	16.5	14.2%	461 (64.3%)	15 (2.1%)	35 (4.9%)	175 (24.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (4.2%)								(n/a)											$16,370	$408	$15,962
South Fayette Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1200 Lt Will Way	Mc Donald	15057	Washington County	South Fayette Township School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 221-4542	803	58	13.7	15.1%	500 (62.3%)	25 (3.1%)	27 (3.4%)	199 (24.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	51 (6.4%)	94.9	35^th of 1511 public elementary schools	97.7%		92.1	39^th of 1526 public elementary schools	97.4%	4	85.9	84.7	79.8		83.5	82.2	81.0	86.3		83.2	$15,326	$300	$15,027
Trinity West Elementary School	Public	K-3	1041 Gabby Ave	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 222-4730	303	28	10.8	81.2%	245 (80.9%)	15 (5.0%)	5 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	34 (11.2%)								(n/a)	53.3				53.3	41.4				41.4	$18,092	$720	$17,372
Trinity North Elementary School	Public	K-3	225 Midlan Drive	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 222-5064	232	21	10.8	98.7%	175 (75.4%)	6 (2.6%)	15 (6.5%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	32 (13.8%)								(n/a)	52.5				52.5	52.6				52.6	$17,913	$713	$17,200
Trinity South Elementary School	Public	K-3	2500 S Main Street Ext	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 225-7490	160	17	9.5	80.0%	150 (93.8%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.4%)								(n/a)	88.3				88.3	79.4				79.4	$17,933	$713	$17,220
Trinity East Elementary School	Public	K-3	252 Cameron Rd	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 225-8140	257	19	13.5	44.0%	214 (83.3%)	5 (1.9%)	13 (5.1%)	7 (2.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	16 (6.2%)								(n/a)	90.8				90.8	75.4				75.4	$18,010	$716	$17,293
Trinity Intermediate School	Public	4-5	50 Scenic Dr	Washington	15301	Washington County	Trinity Area School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(724) 223-2000	535	35	15.2		468 (87.5%)	10 (1.9%)	19 (3.6%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.2%)								(n/a)
Washington Park Elementary School	Public	K-6	801 E Wheeling St	Washington	15301	Washington County	Washington School District	No	No	No	Yes	(724) 223-5150	864	71	12.1	98.3%	367 (42.5%)	239 (27.7%)	64 (7.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	191 (22.1%)	20.4	1194^th of 1511 public elementary schools	21.0%		28.1	1126^th of 1526 public elementary schools	26.2%	68	41.0	17.9	17.0	32.7	27.1	28.7	22.5	18.1	28.1	24.4	$27,791	$5,245	$22,546

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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.