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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

18 public high schools in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Warwick SHS leads the list at 81.0%, against a median of 68.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Top % Proficient (Reading)

81.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

68.2%

BEST IN READING · LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	Warwick SHS	Lititz, PA	Warwick SD	High	1,241	81.0%	▲ 1
2	Ephrata SHS	Ephrata, PA	Ephrata Area SD	High	1,347	79.2%	▲ 2
3	Manheim Twp High School	Lancaster, PA	Manheim Township SD	High	1,953	78.7%	no change
4	Cocalico SHS	Denver, PA	Cocalico SD	High	991	78.6%	▲ 4
5	Lampeter-Strasburg SHS	Lampeter, PA	Lampeter-Strasburg SD	High	890	75.0%	▼ 4
6	Penn Manor High School	Millersville, PA	Penn Manor SD	High	1,807	74.7%	▲ 3
7	Hempfield SHS	Landisville, PA	Hempfield SD	High	2,281	73.7%	▼ 2
8	Garden Spot SHS	New Holland, PA	Eastern Lancaster County SD	High	865	69.8%	▼ 2
9	Conestoga Valley SHS	Lancaster, PA	Conestoga Valley SD	High	1,304	69.6%	▼ 2
10	Manheim Central SHS	Manheim, PA	Manheim Central SD	High	896	66.7%	▲ 1
11	Elizabethtown Area SHS	Elizabethtown, PA	Elizabethtown Area SD	High	1,263	65.4%	▼ 1
12	Donegal High School	Mount Joy, PA	Donegal SD	High	955	63.2%	no change
13	Pequea Valley High School	Kinzers, PA	Pequea Valley SD	High	451	54.2%	no change
14	Solanco High School	Quarryville, PA	Solanco SD	High	980	51.2%	▲ 1
15	McCaskey Campus	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	2,600	50.5%	▼ 1
16	Columbia High School	Columbia, PA	Columbia Borough SD	High	397	28.2%	no change
17	Phoenix Academy	Lancaster, PA	Lancaster SD	High	305	18.6%	▲ 1
18	La Academia Partnership CS	Lancaster, PA	La Academia Partnership CS	High	196	11.0%	▼ 1

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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