Pennsylvania schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Phoenix Academy Lancaster · Lancaster SD | High | 18.6% | -32.5pp |
| 602 | Galeton JSHS Galeton · Galeton Area SD | High | 17.4% | -33.7pp |
| 603 | Williams Valley JSHS Tower City · Williams Valley SD | High | 17.0% | -34.1pp |
| 604 | Mahanoy Area JSHS Mahanoy City · Mahanoy Area SD | High | 15.3% | -35.8pp |
| 605 | Roosevelt Campus of the Norristown Area HS Norristown · Norristown Area SD | High | 14.7% | -36.4pp |
| 606 | Franklin Benjamin HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 14.1% | -37.0pp |
| 607 | Perseus House CS of Excellence Erie · Perseus House CS of Excellence | High | 13.0% | -38.1pp |
| 608 | Dobbins Area Vocational-Technical High School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 12.9% | -38.2pp |
| 609 | Chester HS Chester · Chester-Upland SD | High | 12.8% | -38.3pp |
| 610 | Monessen SHS Monessen · Monessen City SD | High | 12.5% | -38.6pp |
| 611 | Steelton-Highspire HS Steelton · Steelton-Highspire SD | High | 12.5% | -38.6pp |
| 612 | Erie HS Erie · Erie City SD | High | 12.4% | -38.7pp |
| 613 | Turkeyfoot Valley Area JSHS Confluence · Turkeyfoot Valley Area SD | High | 12.1% | -39.0pp |
| 614 | The Workshop School Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 11.6% | -39.5pp |
| 615 | Sto-Rox JSHS McKees Rocks · Sto-Rox SD | High | 11.3% | -39.8pp |
| 616 | Greater Johnstown SHS Johnstown · Greater Johnstown SD | High | 11.0% | -40.1pp |
| 617 | La Academia Partnership CS Lancaster · La Academia Partnership CS | High | 11.0% | -40.1pp |
| 618 | Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12 Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh SD | High | 10.2% | -40.9pp |
| 619 | Aliquippa JSHS Aliquippa · Aliquippa SD | High | 9.7% | -41.4pp |
| 620 | Innovative Arts Academy CS Catasauqua · Innovative Arts Academy CS | High | 9.1% | -42.0pp |
| 621 | Urban Pathways 6-12 CS Pittsburgh · Urban Pathways 6-12 CS | High | 8.3% | -42.8pp |
| 622 | Harrisburg HS Harrisburg · Harrisburg City SD | High | 7.3% | -43.8pp |
| 623 | Strawberry Mansion HS Philadelphia · Philadelphia City SD | High | 6.5% | -44.6pp |
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.