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
1	William Penn Elementary School	Public	K-4	110 Woodlet Ln	Bethel Park	15102	Allegheny County	Bethel Park School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 854-8522	212	16	13.5	15.6%	176 (83.0%)	3 (1.4%)	6 (2.8%)	9 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.5%)	$84			$08			$76	99.9%	99.4%	0.53%			420351000060
2	Penn Alexander School	Public	K-8	4209 Spruce St	Philadelphia	19104	Philadelphia County	Philadelphia City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(215) 400-7760	595	36	16.3	98.2%	276 (46.4%)	71 (11.9%)	33 (5.5%)	151 (25.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	60 (10.1%)	$17,834			$5,561			$12,273	99.9%	99.6%	0.26%			421899000619
3	Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-5	738 Dorseyville Rd	Pittsburgh	15238	Allegheny County	Fox Chapel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 963-9315	387	28	13.8	7.8%	322 (83.2%)	8 (2.1%)	17 (4.4%)	17 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.9%)	$21,817			$194			$21,623	99.8%	99.9%	0.14%			421007000149
4	Donaldson Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 Donaldson Road	Oakdale	15071	Allegheny County	West Allegheny School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 213-1010	535	30	17.6	26.5%	480 (89.7%)	19 (3.6%)	7 (1.3%)	9 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.7%)	$18,444			$266			$18,177	99.7%	99.7%	0.01%			422520000707
5	Bradford Woods Elementary School	Public	K-5	41 Forest Road	Bradfordwoods	15015	Allegheny County	North Allegheny School District	No	No	No	No	(724) 935-5081	343	27	12.6	8.5%	261 (76.1%)	3 (0.9%)	13 (3.8%)	42 (12.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.7%)	$20,102			$528			$19,574	99.7%	99.5%	0.12%			421701000263
6	Poff Elementary School	Public	K-5	2990 Haberlein Rd	Gibsonia	15044	Allegheny County	Hampton Township School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 492-6335	282	21	13.6	14.5%	259 (91.8%)	3 (1.1%)	6 (2.1%)	7 (2.5%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	$62			$01			$61	99.6%	99.9%	0.28%			421140000178
7	Fort Washington Elementary School	Public	K-5	Highland & Fort Washington Ave	Fort Washington	19034	Montgomery County	Upper Dublin School District	No	No	No	No	(215) 643-8961	518	41	12.6	11.0%	397 (76.6%)	24 (4.6%)	24 (4.6%)	38 (7.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$21,920			$257			$21,663	99.5%	99.7%	0.15%			422439005251
8	Eisenhower Elementary School	Public	K-4	100 Warwick Dr	Pittsburgh	15241	Allegheny County	Upper St. Clair School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 833-1600	524	34	15.5	11.5%	421 (80.3%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.9%)	53 (10.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (6.9%)	$25,638			$368			$25,270	99.5%	98.7%	0.71%			422457000490
9	Penn Valley School	Public	K-4	301 Righters Mill Rd	Narberth	19072	Montgomery County	Lower Merion School District	No	No	No	Yes	(610) 645-1460	542	45	12	14.9%	337 (62.2%)	45 (8.3%)	48 (8.9%)	42 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (12.9%)	$31,637			$211			$31,426	99.4%	97.0%	2.43%			421416003288
10	OHara Elementary School	Public	K-5	115 Cabin Lane	Pittsburgh	15238	Allegheny County	Fox Chapel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(412) 963-0333	726	54	13.3	13.8%	580 (79.9%)	8 (1.1%)	29 (4.0%)	41 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (9.4%)	$20,066			$416			$19,650	99.3%	99.0%	0.31%			421007000461

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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.