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The highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency in Pennsylvania

576 public high schools in Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools by test proficiency, ranked by composite state-assessment proficiency. Downingtown STEM Academy leads the list at 99.3%, against a median of 50.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

576

Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient

99.3%

Median % Proficient

50.9%

HIGHEST PROFICIENCY · PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Downingtown STEM Academy	Downingtown, PA	Downingtown Area SD	High	5.7%	962	99.3%
2	Masterman Julia R Sec School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	101%	1,183	91.5%
3	Fox Chapel Area High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Fox Chapel Area SD	High	22.6%	1,360	89.8%
4	Penn Trafford High School	Harrison City, PA	Penn-Trafford SD	High	25.0%	1,167	87.0%
5	Lower Merion High School	Ardmore, PA	Lower Merion SD	High	21.9%	1,674	86.9%
6	Mt Lebanon SHS	Pittsburgh, PA	Mt Lebanon SD	High	18.7%	1,772	86.6%
7	Harriton SHS	Rosemont, PA	Lower Merion SD	High	15.6%	1,239	86.0%
8	Pine-Richland High School	Gibsonia, PA	Pine-Richland SD	High	9.7%	1,449	85.6%
9	Central High School	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	98.2%	2,329	85.3%
10	Upper Saint Clair High School	Pittsburgh, PA	Upper St. Clair SD	High	14.3%	1,269	84.7%
11	Peters Twp High School	McMurray, PA	Peters Township SD	High	11.1%	1,267	84.6%
12	Radnor SHS	Radnor, PA	Radnor Township SD	High	16.0%	1,146	84.5%
13	Freeport Area SHS	Freeport, PA	Freeport Area SD	High	27.7%	512	84.2%
14	State College Area High School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	High	21.5%	2,402	83.3%
15	New Hope-Solebury High School	New Hope, PA	New Hope-Solebury SD	High	15.6%	450	83.0%
16	Springfield High School	Springfield, PA	Springfield SD	High	24.5%	1,434	82.3%
17	South Fayette High School	McDonald, PA	South Fayette Township SD	High	16.0%	1,143	82.1%
18	Hampton High School	Allison Park, PA	Hampton Township SD	High	19.4%	865	81.9%
19	Fairview High School	Fairview, PA	Fairview SD	High	27.3%	593	81.7%
20	Unionville High School	Kennett Square, PA	Unionville-Chadds Ford SD	High	8.2%	1,263	81.6%
21	Central Bucks HS-East	Doylestown, PA	Central Bucks SD	High	9.5%	1,374	80.7%
22	Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS	Plymouth Meeting, PA	Colonial SD	High	31.9%	1,637	80.5%
23	Conestoga SHS	Berwyn, PA	Tredyffrin-Easttown SD	High	10.5%	2,264	80.4%
24	Delaware Valley High School	Milford, PA	Delaware Valley SD	High	41.4%	1,380	80.3%
25	Palmyra Area SHS	Palmyra, PA	Palmyra Area SD	High	30.0%	1,126	80.3%
26	Academy at Palumbo	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	97.0%	1,225	80.2%
27	Garnet Valley High School	Glen Mills, PA	Garnet Valley SD	High	16.0%	1,485	80.0%
28	Council Rock HS North	Newtown, PA	Council Rock SD	High	13.0%	1,674	79.7%
29	Haverford SHS	Havertown, PA	Haverford Township SD	High	21.4%	1,994	79.6%
30	Science Leadership Academy	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	99.6%	502	79.3%
31	North Allegheny High School	Wexford, PA	North Allegheny SD	High	10.4%	2,711	79.2%
32	Honesdale High School	Honesdale, PA	Wayne Highlands SD	High	47.0%	679	79.0%
33	Gamp	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia City SD	High	91.0%	634	78.3%
34	Hershey High School	Hershey, PA	Derry Township SD	High	25.0%	1,050	78.0%
35	Abington Heights High School	Clarks Summit, PA	Abington Heights SD	High	1.3%	1,115	77.5%
36	Quaker Valley High School	Leetsdale, PA	Quaker Valley SD	High	24.5%	550	77.5%
37	Penncrest High School	Media, PA	Rose Tree Media SD	High	20.7%	1,255	77.1%
38	Thomas Jefferson High School	Jefferson Hills, PA	West Jefferson Hills SD	High	23.9%	1,041	77.1%
39	Strath Haven High School	Wallingford, PA	Wallingford-Swarthmore SD	High	20.7%	1,175	77.0%
40	Lewisburg High School	Lewisburg, PA	Lewisburg Area SD	High	27.2%	551	76.8%
41	Great Valley High School	Malvern, PA	Great Valley SD	High	21.7%	1,481	75.8%
42	Cumberland Valley High School	Mechanicsburg, PA	Cumberland Valley SD	High	28.2%	3,163	75.2%
43	Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Center	Royersford, PA	Spring-Ford Area SD	High	22.0%	2,629	74.8%
44	Norwin High School	North Huntingdon, PA	Norwin SD	High	30.2%	1,671	74.6%
45	Leechburg Area High School	Leechburg, PA	Leechburg Area SD	High	55.9%	177	74.6%
46	York Suburban SHS	York, PA	York Suburban SD	High	43.9%	859	74.3%
47	Wissahickon SHS	Ambler, PA	Wissahickon SD	High	29.0%	1,480	74.3%
48	Council Rock HS South	Holland, PA	Council Rock SD	High	17.6%	1,921	73.6%
49	Camp Hill SHS	Camp Hill, PA	Camp Hill SD	High	18.3%	400	73.6%
50	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	Harrisburg, PA	Capital Area School for the Arts CS	High	5.7%	193	73.3%

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