Pennsylvania schools ranked by test score
Latest PSSA + Keystone year (2024-25). 623 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Downingtown STEM Academy Downingtown · Downingtown Area SD | High | 99.6% | +48.5pp |
| 2 | Central HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 96.3% | +45.2pp |
| 3 | Lower Merion HS Ardmore · Lower Merion SD | High | 94.9% | +43.8pp |
| 4 | Upper Saint Clair HS Pittsburgh · Upper St. Clair SD | High | 94.5% | +43.4pp |
| 5 | Mt Lebanon SHS Pittsburgh · Mt Lebanon SD | High | 94.1% | +43.0pp |
| 6 | Freeport Area SHS Freeport · Freeport Area SD | High | 92.4% | +41.3pp |
| 7 | Gamp Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 92.4% | +41.3pp |
| 8 | Harriton SHS Rosemont · Lower Merion SD | High | 92.3% | +41.2pp |
| 9 | Fox Chapel Area HS Pittsburgh · Fox Chapel Area SD | High | 92.0% | +40.9pp |
| 10 | Thomas Jefferson HS Jefferson Hills · West Jefferson Hills SD | High | 92.0% | +40.9pp |
| 11 | Springfield HS Springfield · Springfield SD | High | 91.9% | +40.8pp |
| 12 | Academy at Palumbo Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 91.7% | +40.6pp |
| 13 | Delaware Valley HS Milford · Delaware Valley SD | High | 91.1% | +40.0pp |
| 14 | Masterman Julia R Sec Sch Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 90.9% | +39.8pp |
| 15 | Radnor SHS Radnor · Radnor Township SD | High | 90.8% | +39.7pp |
| 16 | HS of Engineering & Science Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 90.7% | +39.6pp |
| 17 | Penn Trafford HS Harrison City · Penn-Trafford SD | High | 90.5% | +39.4pp |
| 18 | Hampton HS Allison Park · Hampton Township SD | High | 89.7% | +38.6pp |
| 19 | Pine-Richland HS Gibsonia · Pine-Richland SD | High | 89.7% | +38.6pp |
| 20 | Palmyra Area SHS Palmyra · Palmyra Area SD | High | 89.6% | +38.5pp |
| 21 | Peters Twp HS McMurray · Peters Township SD | High | 89.0% | +37.9pp |
| 22 | Science Leadership Academy Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 89.0% | +37.9pp |
| 23 | New Hope-Solebury HS New Hope · New Hope-Solebury SD | High | 88.5% | +37.4pp |
| 24 | North Allegheny HS Wexford · North Allegheny SD | High | 88.4% | +37.3pp |
| 25 | State College Area HS State College · State College Area SD | High | 88.4% | +37.3pp |
| 26 | Conestoga SHS Berwyn · Tredyffrin-Easttown SD | High | 87.9% | +36.8pp |
| 27 | Unionville HS Kennett Square · Unionville-Chadds Ford SD | High | 87.9% | +36.8pp |
| 28 | Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Bethlehem · Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts | High | 87.8% | +36.7pp |
| 29 | Abington Heights HS Clarks Summit · Abington Heights SD | High | 87.5% | +36.4pp |
| 30 | Hershey HS Hershey · Derry Township SD | High | 86.6% | +35.5pp |
| 31 | Haverford SHS Havertown · Haverford Township SD | High | 86.3% | +35.2pp |
| 32 | Penncrest HS Media · Rose Tree Media SD | High | 86.3% | +35.2pp |
| 33 | York Suburban SHS York · York Suburban SD | High | 86.3% | +35.2pp |
| 34 | Garnet Valley HS Glen Mills · Garnet Valley SD | High | 86.2% | +35.1pp |
| 35 | Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh SD | High | 86.1% | +35.0pp |
| 36 | South Fayette HS McDonald · South Fayette Township SD | High | 86.0% | +34.9pp |
| 37 | Central Bucks HS-East Doylestown · Central Bucks SD | High | 85.8% | +34.7pp |
| 38 | Wissahickon SHS Ambler · Wissahickon SD | High | 85.3% | +34.2pp |
| 39 | Camp Hill SHS Camp Hill · Camp Hill SD | High | 85.0% | +33.9pp |
| 40 | Plymouth-Whitemarsh SHS Plymouth Meeting · Colonial SD | High | 84.9% | +33.8pp |
| 41 | Parkway Center City Middle College Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 84.5% | +33.4pp |
| 42 | Capital Area School for the Arts CS Harrisburg · Capital Area School for the Arts CS | High | 84.2% | +33.1pp |
| 43 | Creative and Performing Arts Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 84.1% | +33.0pp |
| 44 | Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 83.3% | +32.2pp |
| 45 | Norwin HS North Huntingdon · Norwin SD | High | 83.2% | +32.1pp |
| 46 | Perkiomen Valley HS Collegeville · Perkiomen Valley SD | High | 83.2% | +32.1pp |
| 47 | Honesdale HS Honesdale · Wayne Highlands SD | High | 83.0% | +31.9pp |
| 48 | Quaker Valley HS Leetsdale · Quaker Valley SD | High | 82.9% | +31.8pp |
| 49 | Lewisburg HS Lewisburg · Lewisburg Area SD | High | 82.6% | +31.5pp |
| 50 | Strath Haven HS Wallingford · Wallingford-Swarthmore SD | High | 82.5% | +31.4pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the PSSA + Keystone % Proficient or Advanced threshold on the latest available PSSA + Keystone English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Pennsylvania, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.