Best Elementary Schools in Pennsylvania for Female Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Pennsylvania!

Every year, the Pennsylvania Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Female students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Pennsylvania test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Female vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 1466)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Female)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Female)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1466	Downey School	Public	PK, KG-5	1313 Monroe St	Harrisburg	17103	Dauphin County	Harrisburg City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 703-1240	405	31	13.2	100.7%	6 (1.5%)	202 (49.9%)	160 (39.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.6%)	$24,596			$82			$24,514	0.0%	0.0%	%			421158007488
1465	Elkin Lewis School	Public	K-4	3199 D St	Philadelphia	19134	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7140	455	41	11	117.1%	9 (2.0%)	90 (19.8%)	353 (77.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$25,628			$5,584			$20,045	0.1%	0.1%	0.00%			421899003688
1464	Peirce Thomas Middle School	Public	PK, KG-5	2300 W Cambria St	Philadelphia	19132	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7020	270	18	14.9	70.0%	0 (0.0%)	250 (92.6%)	16 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	$25,753			$7,006			$18,747	0.1%	0.3%	0.19%			421899003675
1463	McClure Alexander K School	Public	PK, KG-5	600 W Hunting Park Pike	Philadelphia	19140	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-3870	437	35	12.4	101.8%	2 (0.5%)	126 (28.8%)	304 (69.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$22,091			$7,832			$14,259	0.2%	0.1%	0.07%			421899006534
1462	Greater Johnstown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	196 Westgate Dr	Johnstown	15905	Cambria County	Greater Johnstown School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 533-5670	1,133	71	15.9	104.2%	345 (30.5%)	472 (41.7%)	92 (8.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	220 (19.4%)	$20,764			$7,292			$13,472	0.3%	0.9%	0.59%			421095007613
1461	Urban Pathways K-5 College Charter School	Public, Charter	K-5	925 Penn Avenue	Pittsburgh	15222	Allegheny County	Urban Pathways K-5 College Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 325-4075	304	30	10.1	95.7%	4 (1.3%)	284 (93.4%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$13,344			$1,212			$12,132	0.3%	1.1%	0.78%			420084707425
1460	Edison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1921 E Lake Rd	Erie	16511	Erie County	Erie City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(814) 874-6470	427	35	12.3	100.2%	113 (26.5%)	157 (36.8%)	35 (8.2%)	23 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (23.2%)	$3,595			$2,661			$934	0.4%	0.7%	0.25%			420930002004
1459	Pittsburgh King K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	50 Montgomery Place	Pittsburgh	15212	Allegheny County	Pittsburgh School District	No	No	No	Yes	(412) 529-4160	368	26	14.1	88.9%	10 (2.7%)	316 (85.9%)	19 (5.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.7%)	$31,749			$5,437			$26,311	0.5%	0.6%	0.12%			421917006761
1458	Propel Cs-Hazelwood	Public, Charter	K-8	5401 Glenwood Avenue	Pittsburgh	15207	Allegheny County	Propel CS-Hazelwood	Yes	No	No	Yes	(412) 325-7305	230	21	10.9	96.5%	7 (3.0%)	198 (86.1%)	9 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	13 (5.7%)	$25,847			$2,743			$23,104	0.5%	0.3%	0.28%			420088007543
1457	Scott at Lincoln School	Public	K-5	1601 State St	Harrisburg	17103	Dauphin County	Harrisburg City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(717) 703-4560	484			101.0%	6 (1.2%)	203 (41.9%)	258 (53.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$21,248			$71			$21,176	0.6%	1.1%	0.44%			421158000557

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Pennsylvania Department of Education.