Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the PSSA test scores by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1511)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
121	Salford Hills Elementary School	Public	K-5	2721 Barndt Rd	Harleysville	19438	Montgomery County	Souderton Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 287-9197	449	33	13.6	16.0%	381 (84.9%)	8 (1.8%)	18 (4.0%)	25 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.6%)	$24,988			$471			$24,517	90.1	87.6	141	20		422187007497
122	Cynwyd School	Public	K-4	101 W Levering Mill Rd	Bala Cynwyd	19004	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 645-1430	446	37	12.1	14.6%	270 (60.5%)	41 (9.2%)	22 (4.9%)	68 (15.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.1%)	$28,852			$192			$28,660	90.1	90.4	84	38		421416003286
123	Howe Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Broadmoor Ave	Pittsburgh	15228	Allegheny County	Mt Lebanon School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 344-2157	398	27	14.8	17.1%	318 (79.9%)	15 (3.8%)	10 (2.5%)	24 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (7.8%)	$18,316			$53			$18,263	90	90.9	72	51		421611000248
124	Beaver-Main Elementary School	Public	K-5	245 Beaver Valley Road	Bloomsburg	17815	Columbia County	Bloomsburg Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 784-0309	95	7	13.6	38.9%	91 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,019			$127			$13,892	89.9	91.7	49	75		420384001610
125	Upper Providence Elementary School	Public	K-4	833 South Lewis Rd Bldg 3	Royersford	19468	Montgomery County	Spring-Ford Area School District	No	No	No	No	(610) 705-6009	435	39	11.1	11.0%	269 (61.8%)	18 (4.1%)	15 (3.4%)	107 (24.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.7%)	$25,130			$460			$24,670	89.8	91.7	51	74		422256000716
126	Rydal Elementary School	Public	K-5	1160 Huntingdon Pike	Huntingdon Valley	19006	Montgomery County	Abington School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 884-1308	569	33	17.1	26.7%	364 (64.0%)	34 (6.0%)	43 (7.6%)	78 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	47 (8.3%)	$21,674			$626			$21,048	89.8	85	192	66		420204003226
127	Manoa Elementary School	Public	K-5	201 S Manoa Rd	Havertown	19083	Delaware County	Haverford Township School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 853-5900	706	47	15.1	23.4%	507 (71.8%)	46 (6.5%)	35 (5.0%)	88 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	29 (4.1%)	$18,789			$142			$18,648	89.7	90.5	80	47		421167001875
128	Dormont Elementary School	Public	K-5	3200 Annapolis Ave	Pittsburgh	15216	Allegheny County	Keystone Oaks School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 571-6152	380	35	10.9	33.4%	300 (78.9%)	23 (6.1%)	37 (9.7%)	10 (2.6%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.1%)	$23,377			$730			$22,646	89.6	88.8	115	13		421275000195
129	Fogelsville School	Public	K-5	312 S Route 100	Breinigsville	18031	Lehigh County	Parkland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 351-5800	480	35	13.7	32.9%	261 (54.4%)	26 (5.4%)	78 (16.3%)	87 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.8%)	$20,734			$523			$20,211	89.5	88.9	114	15		421851004672
130	Linntown Elementary School	Public	4-5	1951 Washington Ave	Lewisburg	17837	Union County	Lewisburg Area School District	No	No	No	No	(570) 523-3220	270	24	11.4	25.2%	207 (76.7%)	11 (4.1%)	25 (9.3%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.6%)	$25,457			$285			$25,173	89.5	90.6	78	52		421359004081

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on PSSA Math, PSSA English Language Arts test scores released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 13, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Pennsylvania Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.