Pennsylvania schools ranked by test score
Latest PSSA + Keystone year (2024-25). 2,702 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 51.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1051 | Waynesboro Area Senior High School Waynesboro · Waynesboro Area SD | High | 56.9% | +5.8pp |
| 1052 | Acmetonia El Sch Cheswick · Allegheny Valley SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1053 | Elizabethtown Area MS Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown Area SD | Middle | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1054 | Highland El Sch Camp Hill · West Shore SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1055 | Redbank Valley Intrmd Sch Hawthorn · Redbank Valley SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1056 | Ringgold El Sch North Finleyville · Ringgold SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1057 | Royersford El Sch Royersford · Spring-Ford Area SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1058 | Wattsburg Area El Ctr Erie · Wattsburg Area SD | Elementary | 56.8% | +5.7pp |
| 1059 | Annville El Sch Annville · Annville-Cleona SD | Elementary | 56.7% | +5.6pp |
| 1060 | Cheltenham HS Wyncote · Cheltenham SD | High | 56.7% | +5.6pp |
| 1061 | Eagle View El Sch Somerset · Somerset Area SD | Elementary | 56.7% | +5.6pp |
| 1062 | Elizabeth Forward MS Elizabeth · Elizabeth Forward SD | Middle | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1063 | Glenside El Sch Glenside · Cheltenham SD | Elementary | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1064 | Joseph E Ferderbar El Sch Feasterville · Neshaminy SD | Elementary | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1065 | Kiski Area South Primary Sch Export · Kiski Area SD | Elementary | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1066 | Lakeland El Sch - Scott Campus Scott Township · Lakeland School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1067 | Wilson West MS Sinking Spring · Wilson SD | Middle | 56.6% | +5.5pp |
| 1068 | Bellefonte Area MS Bellefonte · Bellefonte Area SD | Middle | 56.5% | +5.4pp |
| 1069 | Chartiers-Houston JSHS Houston · Chartiers-Houston SD | High | 56.5% | +5.4pp |
| 1070 | Crestwood Secondary Campus Mountain Top · Crestwood SD | High | 56.5% | +5.4pp |
| 1071 | New Oxford El Sch New Oxford · Conewago Valley SD | Elementary | 56.5% | +5.4pp |
| 1072 | South Side MS Hookstown · South Side Area SD | Middle | 56.5% | +5.4pp |
| 1073 | Avon Grove Intrmd Sch West Grove · Avon Grove SD | Elementary | 56.4% | +5.3pp |
| 1074 | Hilltop El Sch Aston · Chichester SD | Elementary | 56.4% | +5.3pp |
| 1075 | Mooreland El Sch Carlisle · Carlisle Area SD | Elementary | 56.4% | +5.3pp |
| 1076 | Renovo El Sch Renovo · Keystone Central SD | Elementary | 56.4% | +5.3pp |
| 1077 | Clarks Summit El Sch Clarks Summit · Abington Heights SD | Elementary | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1078 | Evans El Sch Limerick · Spring-Ford Area SD | Elementary | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1079 | James Gettys El Sch Gettysburg · Gettysburg Area SD | Elementary | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1080 | North Star East MS Stoystown · North Star SD | Middle | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1081 | Pennridge Central MS Perkasie · Pennridge SD | Middle | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1082 | Ridgway Area MS Ridgway · Ridgway Area SD | Middle | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1083 | South Park Elem Center South Park · South Park SD | Elementary | 56.3% | +5.2pp |
| 1084 | California Area MS Coal Center · California Area SD | Middle | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1085 | Karen A. Ionta El Sch Hermitage · Hermitage SD | Elementary | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1086 | Milton Area MS Milton · Milton Area SD | Middle | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1087 | Northern Bedford County MS Loysburg · Northern Bedford County SD | Middle | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1088 | Osceola Mills El Sch Osceola Mills · Philipsburg-Osceola Area SD | Elementary | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1089 | Perry Lower Intrmd Sch Ellwood City · Ellwood City Area SD | Elementary | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1090 | Saegertown JSHS Saegertown · Penncrest SD | High | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1091 | Southern Columbia HS Catawissa · Southern Columbia Area SD | High | 56.2% | +5.1pp |
| 1092 | Chestnut Ridge MS Fishertown · Chestnut Ridge SD | Middle | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1093 | Fishing Creek El Sch Lewisberry · West Shore SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1094 | Grasse El Sch Sellersville · Pennridge SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1095 | Knapp El Sch Lansdale · North Penn SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1096 | Mathematics Science & Technology Community CS Philadelphia · Mathematics Science & Technology Community CS | Combined | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1097 | Mountville El Sch Mountville · Hempfield SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1098 | Penndale MS Lansdale · North Penn SD | Middle | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1099 | Pine Road El Sch Huntingdon Valley · Lower Moreland Township SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
| 1100 | Pittsburgh Dilworth K-5 Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh SD | Elementary | 56.1% | +5.0pp |
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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.