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
611	Christopher Columbus Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	South Building	Philadelphia	19147	Philadelphia County	Christopher Columbus Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(215) 389-6000	829	59	14	29.9%	400 (48.3%)	162 (19.5%)	111 (13.4%)	113 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (5.2%)	$172			$80			$92	62.3	58.5	734	123		420005200489
612	Boyertown Elementary School	Public	K-5	641 E Second St	Boyertown	19512	Berks County	Boyertown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 369-7462	632	40	15.7	36.7%	510 (80.7%)	19 (3.0%)	45 (7.1%)	30 (4.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (4.1%)	$16,402			$682			$15,720	62.2	59.3	724	112		420396006307
613	North Clarion County Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	10439 Route 36	Tionesta	16353	Clarion County	North Clarion County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 744-8541	334	26	12.9	99.1%	324 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$16,408			$2,057			$14,352	62.2	62.9	642	29		421713005139
614	Kunkel Elementary School	Public	K-5	2401 Fulling Mill Rd	Middletown	17057	Dauphin County	Middletown Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 939-6862	369	32	11.6	59.9%	219 (59.3%)	21 (5.7%)	70 (19.0%)	23 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.8%)	$17,108			$1,934			$15,174	62.2	70.9	468	146		421524001788
615	John R Bonfield Elementary School	Public	K-6	101 N Oak St	Lititz	17543	Lancaster County	Warwick School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 626-3704	446	32	14.1	46.4%	339 (76.0%)	18 (4.0%)	56 (12.6%)	12 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	$16,878			$1,026			$15,852	62.1	55	792	177		422496000120
616	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%)	$20,550			$2,443			$18,107	62.1	44.3	959	343		421272504917
617	Blue Mountain Elementary East School	Public	K-5	675 Red Dale Rd	Orwigsburg	17961	Schuylkill County	Blue Mountain School District	No	No	No	Yes	(570) 366-1065	609	48	12.5	35.1%	543 (89.2%)	11 (1.8%)	39 (6.4%)	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	$16,618			$723			$15,895	61.9	61.3	681	64		420387004659
618	South Park Elementary Center	Public	K-4	2001 Eagle Pride Lane	South Park	15129	Allegheny County	South Park School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 655-3111	731	60	12.2	36.8%	559 (76.5%)	66 (9.0%)	21 (2.9%)	79 (10.8%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	$19,552			$1,089			$18,463	61.9	65.9	573	45		422206000583
619	Forge Road Elementary School	Public	1-5	400 S Forge Rd	Palmyra	17078	Lebanon County	Palmyra Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 838-1331	341	26	12.9	34.0%	259 (76.0%)	6 (1.8%)	34 (10.0%)	26 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (4.4%)	$16,706			$544			$16,162	61.9	67.5	544	75		421839002761
620	Monroe Elementary School	Public	K-5	1240 Boiling Springs Rd	Boiling Springs	17007	Cumberland County	Cumberland Valley School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 697-0028	512	35	14.7	30.3%	402 (78.5%)	13 (2.5%)	35 (6.8%)	42 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.9%)	$14,571			$109			$14,462	61.7	67.4	548	72		420711001698

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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.