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The top-graded public high schools in Pennsylvania

637 public high schools in Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the top-graded public high schools, ranked by the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against what poverty predicts, and the three-year trend, each compared with schools in the same state. Masterman Julia R Sec School leads the list at A+, against a median of B- across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

637

Pennsylvania

Top Grade

A+

Median Grade

B-

TOP GRADED · PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Grade	Percentile in state
1	Masterman Julia R Sec School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,183	A+	99.9
2	Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy	Plains, PA	Wilkes-Barre Area SD	High	93	A+	99.8
3	Central High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	2,329	A+	99.6
4	Downingtown STEM Academy	Downingtown, PA	Downingtown Area SD	High	962	A+	99.5
5	Fox Chapel Area High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Fox Chapel Area SD	High	1,360	A+	99.3
6	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	1,225	A+	99.1
7	Penn Trafford High School	Harrison City, PA	Penn-Trafford SD	High	1,167	A+	99
8	Science Leadership Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	502	A+	98.8
9	Lower Merion High School	Ardmore, PA	Lower Merion SD	High	1,674	A+	98.7
10	Gamp	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	634	A+	98.5
11	Mt Lebanon SHS	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	High	1,772	A+	98.4
12	Delaware Valley High School	Milford, PA	Delaware Valley SD	High	1,380	A+	98.2
13	Freeport Area SHS	Freeport, PA	Freeport Area SD	High	512	A+	98
14	Honesdale High School	Honesdale, PA	Wayne Highlands SD	High	679	A+	97.9
15	Harriton SHS	Rosemont, PA	Lower Merion SD	High	1,239	A+	97.7
16	Northwest PA Collegiate Academy	Erie, PA	Erie City SD	High	750	A+	97.6
17	State College Area High School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	High	2,402	A+	97.4
18	HS of Engineering & Science	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	851	A+	97.3
19	Springfield High School	Springfield, PA	Springfield SD	High	1,434	A+	97.1
20	Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS	Plymouth Meeting, PA	Colonial SD	High	1,637	A+	96.9
21	Fairview High School	Fairview, PA	Fairview SD	High	593	A+	96.8
22	Radnor SHS	Radnor, PA	Radnor Township SD	High	1,146	A+	96.6
23	Upper Saint Clair High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	High	1,269	A+	96.5
24	Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12	Pittsburgh, PA	Pittsburgh SD	High	840	A+	96.3
25	Palmyra Area SHS	Palmyra, PA	Palmyra Area SD	High	1,126	A+	96.2
26	Pine-Richland High School	Gibsonia, PA	Pine-Richland SD	High	1,449	A+	96
27	Peters Twp High School	McMurray, PA	Peters Township SD	High	1,267	A+	95.8
28	Hampton High School	Allison Park, PA	Hampton Township SD	High	865	A+	95.7
29	New Hope-Solebury High School	New Hope, PA	New Hope-Solebury SD	High	450	A+	95.5
30	Leechburg Area High School	Leechburg, PA	Leechburg Area SD	High	177	A+	95.4
31	South Fayette High School	McDonald, PA	South Fayette Township SD	High	1,143	A+	95.2
32	York Suburban SHS	York, PA	York Suburban SD	High	859	A+	95.1
33	Fort LeBoeuf SHS	Waterford, PA	Fort LeBoeuf SD	High	652	A	94.9
34	Haverford SHS	Havertown, PA	Haverford Township SD	High	1,994	A	94.7
35	Johnsonburg Area High School	Johnsonburg, PA	Johnsonburg Area SD	High	241	A	94.6
36	Hershey High School	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	High	1,050	A	94.4
37	Parkway Center City Middle College	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	436	A	94.3
38	Ephrata SHS	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	High	1,347	A	94.1
39	Seneca High School	Erie, PA	Wattsburg Area SD	High	383	A	94
40	Quaker Valley High School	Leetsdale, PA	Quaker Valley SD	High	550	A	93.8
41	Lewisburg High School	Lewisburg, PA	Lewisburg Area SD	High	551	A	93.6
42	Garnet Valley High School	Glen Mills, PA	Garnet Valley SD	High	1,485	A	93.5
43	Austin Area JSHS	Austin, PA	Austin Area SD	High	61	A	93.3
44	Kutztown Area SHS	Kutztown, PA	Kutztown Area SD	High	420	A	93.2
45	Thomas Jefferson High School	Jefferson Hills, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	High	1,041	A	93
46	Hempfield SHS	Landisville, PA	Hempfield SD	High	2,281	A	92.9
47	Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	599	A	92.7
48	Unionville High School	Kennett Square, PA	Unionville-Chadds Ford SD	High	1,263	A	92.5
49	Norwin High School	North Huntingdon, PA	Norwin SD	High	1,671	A	92.4
50	Cumberland Valley High School	Mechanicsburg, PA	Cumberland Valley SD	High	3,163	A	92.2

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