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
491	Hackett Horatio B School	Public	PK, KG-5	2161 E York Street	Philadelphia	19125	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7470	413	32	12.8	107.0%	222 (53.8%)	35 (8.5%)	84 (20.3%)	17 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (13.1%)	$46,009			$34,872			$11,137	68.8	63.7	620	129		421899005120
492	John Story Jenks Academy for the Arts and Sciences	Public, Magnet	K-8	8301 Germantown Ave	Philadelphia	19118	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	Yes	No	Yes	(215) 400-3360	394	29	13.6	97.7%	32 (8.1%)	314 (79.7%)	24 (6.1%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$21,377			$6,893			$14,484	68.7	47.7	894	402		421899003714
493	Highland Elementary School	Public	K-4	1325 Carlisle Rd	Camp Hill	17011	Cumberland County	West Shore School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 901-9860	375	24	15.4	41.9%	219 (58.4%)	32 (8.5%)	67 (17.9%)	23 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (8.8%)	$21,823			$1,220			$20,602	68.7	62.8	644	151		422583001736
494	New Garden Elementary School	Public	1-5	265 New Garden Road	Toughkenamon	19374	Chester County	Kennett Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 268-6900	473	38	12.2	40.0%	269 (56.9%)	8 (1.7%)	172 (36.4%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	$23,653			$879			$22,774	68.6	64.3	607	113		421269001400
495	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%)	$20,335			$992			$19,343	68.6	70.3	486	9		420291001331
496	Green Woods Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	468 Domino Lane	Philadelphia	19128	Philadelphia County	Green Woods Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 482-6337	699	45	15.5	39.9%	381 (54.5%)	176 (25.2%)	53 (7.6%)	14 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (10.7%)	$16,382			$3,777			$12,605	68.6	73.4	430	66		420010400690
497	Lititz Elementary School	Public	K-6	20 S Cedar St	Lititz	17543	Lancaster County	Warwick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 626-3701	439	34	13.1	41.2%	337 (76.8%)	15 (3.4%)	52 (11.8%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.3%)	$17,831			$1,084			$16,747	68.6	65	585	88		422496002660
498	West End Elementary School	Public	K-6	12068 Brooks Rd	Meadville	16335	Crawford County	Crawford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 724-1450	310	26	12.1	99.0%	272 (87.7%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.0%)	$17,575			$2,206			$15,369	68.6	71.1	465	33		420708007265
499	Rostraver Elementary School	Public	K-6	300 Crest Ave	Belle Vernon	15012	Westmoreland County	Belle Vernon Area School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 808-2500	660	39	16.7	99.1%	526 (79.7%)	30 (4.5%)	25 (3.8%)	43 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (5.3%)	$11,491			$515			$10,975	68.5	82.7	232	267		420321004325
500	Rice Elementary School	Public	K-6	3700 Church Road	Mountain Top	18707	Luzerne County	Crestwood School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 868-3161	735	39	18.6	22.4%	660 (89.8%)	9 (1.2%)	36 (4.9%)	21 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	4 (0.5%)	$15,709			$714			$14,995	68.5	74.6	408	92		420546005341

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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.