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2 Abington Elementary Schools Among PA's Best: Study
See how Abington's elementary schools stacked up against the rest of the state here.

ABINGTON, PA — The new school year is well underway, and Niche.com has released its 2019 list of the best elementary schools here in Pennsylvania.
Rydal East School came in at 80th overall in the state, while Highland Elementary followed at 94th.
To arrive at the rankings, Niche said it looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as state test scores, student-teacher ratio, student diversity, teacher quality, grade school ratings and the overall quality of the school district. The methodology for each category of rankings varied with some factors having a higher weight for certain categories over others. Click here to review the full methodology.
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