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Pennsylvania: the counties with the most public school students

64 counties

Pennsylvania counties ranked by total public school enrollment across every school in the county. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify. The median ranked county is at 10,701. Showing ranks 1 to 50.

#CountyStateSchoolsStudentsStudents
1Philadelphia CountyPA303182,005182,005
2Allegheny CountyPA275141,392141,392
3Montgomery CountyPA160115,302115,302
4Chester CountyPA11083,46883,468
5Bucks CountyPA12281,95681,956
6Delaware CountyPA10974,66374,663
7Dauphin CountyPA7372,71872,718
8York CountyPA10964,24264,242
9Lancaster CountyPA11462,71962,719
10Berks CountyPA9562,37562,375
11Lehigh CountyPA8356,98456,984
12Luzerne CountyPA6545,20945,209
13Westmoreland CountyPA8441,30241,302
14Northampton CountyPA6038,31638,316
15Erie CountyPA6735,73835,738
16Cumberland CountyPA5733,04433,044
17Beaver CountyPA5231,22231,222
18Lackawanna CountyPA4727,00627,006
19Washington CountyPA5426,07926,079
20Butler CountyPA3924,61624,616
21Franklin CountyPA4121,43221,432
22Monroe CountyPA2920,75220,752
23Lebanon CountyPA3218,80418,804
24Schuylkill CountyPA3418,25918,259
25Cambria CountyPA3715,78915,789
26Blair CountyPA3215,69215,692
27Fayette CountyPA3915,34015,340
28Lycoming CountyPA3014,28814,288
29Centre CountyPA3313,67413,674
30Adams CountyPA2612,83112,831
31Mercer CountyPA3412,81512,815
32Lawrence CountyPA2511,01511,015
33Northumberland CountyPA2110,38610,386
34Crawford CountyPA269,1569,156
35Pike CountyPA148,6158,615
36Indiana CountyPA228,4708,470
37Clearfield CountyPA198,4098,409
38Bradford CountyPA198,3928,392
39Somerset CountyPA298,2718,271
40Carbon CountyPA188,1118,111
41Columbia CountyPA197,5017,501
42Armstrong CountyPA176,9726,972
43Bedford CountyPA185,9515,951
44Susquehanna CountyPA155,7285,728
45Venango CountyPA155,7045,704
46Perry CountyPA155,5125,512
47McKean CountyPA145,2755,275
48Tioga CountyPA145,0535,053
49Clarion CountyPA165,0235,023
50Jefferson CountyPA104,8734,873

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