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The highest-performing public schools in reading in Centre County, Pennsylvania

This ranking covers the highest-performing public schools in reading in Centre County, Pennsylvania, drawn from 27 qualifying public schools. State College Area High School leads the list at 88.4%, against a median of 63.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Centre County, Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient (Reading)

88.4%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

63.6%

BEST IN READING · CENTRE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	State College Area High School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	High	2,402	88.4%	no change
2	Ferguson Twp Elementary School	Pine Grove Mills, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	287	81.1%	▲ 2
3	Park Forest Middle School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Middle	822	79.2%	no change
4	Radio Park Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	424	78.5%	▲ 2
5	Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School	Centre Hall, PA	Penns Valley Area SD	Elementary	205	75.3%	▲ 8
6	Mount Nittany Middle School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Middle	752	75.2%	▲ 2
7	Mount Nittany Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	413	71.5%	▲ 2
8	Spring Creek Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	360	68.8%	▼ 6
9	Corl Street Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	250	68.1%	▼ 4
10	Park Forest Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	419	68.1%	▼ 3
11	Benner Elementary School	Bellefonte, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	Elementary	252	67.9%	▲ 1
12	Bellefonte Area High School	Bellefonte, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	High	850	67.2%	▲ 12
13	Easterly Parkway Elementary School	State College, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	314	64.7%	▲ 4
14	Marion-Walker Elementary School	Bellefonte, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	Elementary	353	63.6%	▼ 3
15	Philipsburg Elementary School	Philipsburg, PA	Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD	Elementary	423	63.3%	▲ 6
16	Mountaintop Area Elementary School	Snow Shoe, PA	Bald Eagle Area SD	Elementary	104	60.9%	▼ 6
17	Gray's Woods Elementary School	Port Matilda, PA	State College Area SD	Elementary	356	60.1%	▼ 2
18	Penns Valley Area El and Intrmd School	Spring Mills, PA	Penns Valley Area SD	Elementary	348	59.4%	no change
19	Young Scholars of Central PA CS	State College, PA	Young Scholars of Central PA CS	Elementary	321	59.1%	no change
20	Pleasant Gap Elementary School	Pleasant Gap, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	Elementary	215	58.1%	▼ 6
21	Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School	Philipsburg, PA	Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD	High	525	57.9%	▼ 5
22	Bellefonte Area Middle School	Bellefonte, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	Middle	591	56.5%	no change
23	Liberty-Curtin Elementary School	Blanchard, PA	Keystone Central SD	Elementary	151	48.3%	▲ 3
24	Bellefonte Elementary School	Bellefonte, PA	Bellefonte Area SD	Elementary	318	47.4%	▼ 1
25	Penns Valley Area JSHS	Spring Mills, PA	Penns Valley Area SD	High	632	45.4%	▼ 5
26	Bald Eagle Area MS/SHS	Wingate, PA	Bald Eagle Area SD	High	832	43.4%	▼ 1
27	Wingate Elementary School	Wingate, PA	Bald Eagle Area SD	Elementary	365	34.3%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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