Pennsylvania: the counties with the highest-performing public schools

62 counties

Pennsylvania public school districts ranked by enrollment-weighted state-assessment proficiency across the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	% Proficient
1	Centre County	PA	33	13,674	66.8%
2	Union County	PA	10	3,811	64.9%
3	Chester County	PA	110	83,468	63.6%
4	Wayne County	PA	11	4,372	63.3%
5	Montgomery County	PA	160	115,302	63.0%
6	Montour County	PA	6	2,221	61.9%
7	Butler County	PA	39	24,616	60.9%
8	Allegheny County	PA	275	141,392	59.2%
9	Cumberland County	PA	57	33,044	59.2%
10	Washington County	PA	54	26,079	59.1%
11	Westmoreland County	PA	84	41,302	59.1%
12	Bucks County	PA	122	81,956	58.4%
13	Columbia County	PA	19	7,501	57.6%
14	Somerset County	PA	29	8,271	57.6%
15	Snyder County	PA	8	4,190	57.3%
16	Pike County	PA	14	8,615	56.5%
17	Lancaster County	PA	114	62,719	55.9%
18	Indiana County	PA	22	8,470	55.7%
19	Adams County	PA	26	12,831	54.5%
20	Clarion County	PA	16	5,023	53.8%
21	Elk County	PA	9	3,139	53.1%
22	Armstrong County	PA	17	6,972	52.9%
23	Delaware County	PA	109	74,663	52.8%
24	Blair County	PA	32	15,692	52.1%
25	Mercer County	PA	34	12,815	52.1%
26	Fulton County	PA	8	1,958	52.0%
27	Lebanon County	PA	32	18,804	52.0%
28	Lycoming County	PA	30	14,288	51.9%
29	Bedford County	PA	18	5,951	51.3%
30	Lawrence County	PA	25	11,015	51.2%
31	York County	PA	109	64,242	51.0%
32	Crawford County	PA	26	9,156	50.9%
33	Franklin County	PA	41	21,432	50.5%
34	Jefferson County	PA	10	4,873	50.5%
35	Potter County	PA	10	1,705	50.3%
36	Beaver County	PA	52	31,222	49.6%
37	Clearfield County	PA	19	8,409	49.5%
38	Susquehanna County	PA	15	5,728	49.5%
39	Cambria County	PA	37	15,789	49.2%
40	Erie County	PA	67	35,738	49.0%
41	Monroe County	PA	29	20,752	48.6%
42	Tioga County	PA	14	5,053	47.9%
43	Northampton County	PA	60	38,316	47.7%
44	Perry County	PA	15	5,512	47.6%
45	Wyoming County	PA	6	2,913	47.5%
46	Venango County	PA	15	5,704	47.2%
47	Lackawanna County	PA	47	27,006	47.0%
48	Lehigh County	PA	83	56,984	46.6%
49	Greene County	PA	12	4,331	46.0%
50	Carbon County	PA	18	8,111	45.6%

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