Pennsylvania schools ranked by test score
Latest PSSA + Keystone year (2024-25). 515 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boyce MS Pittsburgh · Upper St. Clair SD | Middle | 88.8% | +37.7pp |
| 2 | Radnor MS Wayne · Radnor Township SD | Middle | 87.2% | +36.1pp |
| 3 | Fort Couch MS Pittsburgh · Upper St. Clair SD | Middle | 86.3% | +35.2pp |
| 4 | Jefferson MS Pittsburgh · Mt Lebanon SD | Middle | 84.7% | +33.6pp |
| 5 | Peters Twp MS McMurray · Peters Township SD | Middle | 84.6% | +33.5pp |
| 6 | Haverford MS Havertown · Haverford Township SD | Middle | 84.5% | +33.4pp |
| 7 | Black Rock MS Villanova · Lower Merion SD | Middle | 83.7% | +32.6pp |
| 8 | South Fayette MS McDonald · South Fayette Township SD | Middle | 83.5% | +32.4pp |
| 9 | Welsh Valley MS Narberth · Lower Merion SD | Middle | 83.5% | +32.4pp |
| 10 | Dorseyville MS Pittsburgh · Fox Chapel Area SD | Middle | 82.7% | +31.6pp |
| 11 | Bala-Cynwyd MS Bala Cynwyd · Lower Merion SD | Middle | 82.6% | +31.5pp |
| 12 | Charles F Patton MS Kennett Square · Unionville-Chadds Ford SD | Middle | 82.5% | +31.4pp |
| 13 | Springton Lake MS Media · Rose Tree Media SD | Middle | 81.9% | +30.8pp |
| 14 | Hampton MS Allison Park · Hampton Township SD | Middle | 81.3% | +30.2pp |
| 15 | Mellon MS Pittsburgh · Mt Lebanon SD | Middle | 81.0% | +29.9pp |
| 16 | Hershey MS Hershey · Derry Township SD | Middle | 80.8% | +29.7pp |
| 17 | Ingomar MS Pittsburgh · North Allegheny SD | Middle | 80.8% | +29.7pp |
| 18 | Park Forest MS State College · State College Area SD | Middle | 79.2% | +28.1pp |
| 19 | Strath Haven MS Wallingford · Wallingford-Swarthmore SD | Middle | 79.0% | +27.9pp |
| 20 | Penn MS Jeannette · Penn-Trafford SD | Middle | 78.3% | +27.2pp |
| 21 | Tredyffrin-Easttown MS Berwyn · Tredyffrin-Easttown SD | Middle | 78.3% | +27.2pp |
| 22 | New Hope-Solebury MS New Hope · New Hope-Solebury SD | Middle | 78.2% | +27.1pp |
| 23 | Holicong MS Doylestown · Central Bucks SD | Middle | 78.0% | +26.9pp |
| 24 | Garnet Valley MS Glen Mills · Garnet Valley SD | Middle | 77.9% | +26.8pp |
| 25 | Richardson MS Springfield · Springfield SD | Middle | 77.9% | +26.8pp |
| 26 | Valley Forge MS Wayne · Tredyffrin-Easttown SD | Middle | 77.8% | +26.7pp |
| 27 | Donald H Eichhorn MS Lewisburg · Lewisburg Area SD | Middle | 77.7% | +26.6pp |
| 28 | Marshall MS Wexford · North Allegheny SD | Middle | 77.6% | +26.5pp |
| 29 | Wissahickon MS Ambler · Wissahickon SD | Middle | 77.5% | +26.4pp |
| 30 | Pine-Richland MS Gibsonia · Pine-Richland SD | Middle | 76.9% | +25.8pp |
| 31 | West Allegheny MS Imperial · West Allegheny SD | Middle | 76.7% | +25.6pp |
| 32 | Eden Hall Upper El Sch Gibsonia · Pine-Richland SD | Middle | 76.5% | +25.4pp |
| 33 | Murray Avenue Sch Huntingdon Valley · Lower Moreland Township SD | Middle | 76.2% | +25.1pp |
| 34 | Trafford MS Trafford · Penn-Trafford SD | Middle | 76.2% | +25.1pp |
| 35 | Camp Hill MS Camp Hill · Camp Hill SD | Middle | 76.1% | +25.0pp |
| 36 | Eagle View MS Mechanicsburg · Cumberland Valley SD | Middle | 76.0% | +24.9pp |
| 37 | Unami MS Chalfont · Central Bucks SD | Middle | 75.8% | +24.7pp |
| 38 | Mount Nittany MS State College · State College Area SD | Middle | 75.2% | +24.1pp |
| 39 | Spring-Ford MS 7th Grade Ctr Royersford · Spring-Ford Area SD | Middle | 75.2% | +24.1pp |
| 40 | Sandy Run MS Dresher · Upper Dublin SD | Middle | 75.1% | +24.0pp |
| 41 | Norwin MS North Huntingdon · Norwin SD | Middle | 75.0% | +23.9pp |
| 42 | Quaker Valley MS Sewickley · Quaker Valley SD | Middle | 74.9% | +23.8pp |
| 43 | Hillcrest Intermediate Sch North Huntingdon · Norwin SD | Middle | 74.7% | +23.6pp |
| 44 | Pennbrook MS North Wales · North Penn SD | Middle | 74.7% | +23.6pp |
| 45 | Walnut Creek MS Fairview · Millcreek Township SD | Middle | 74.6% | +23.5pp |
| 46 | Pleasant Hills MS Pittsburgh · West Jefferson Hills SD | Middle | 74.5% | +23.4pp |
| 47 | David E Williams MS Coraopolis · Montour SD | Middle | 74.3% | +23.2pp |
| 48 | Eyer MS Macungie · East Penn SD | Middle | 74.3% | +23.2pp |
| 49 | Newtown MS Newtown · Council Rock SD | Middle | 74.1% | +23.0pp |
| 50 | Greenwood MS Millerstown · Greenwood SD | Middle | 73.8% | +22.7pp |
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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.