These Are The Top 25 Private High Schools In PA, New Ranking Says

PENNSYLVANIA— Germantown Friends School is the best private school in Pennsylvania, according to the educational platform Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings.

Niche evaluated 30,800 private schools nationwide for its annual rankings, including 1,433 for the first time. Below are the top 25 private high schools in Pennsylvania, all with an A+ overall grade, according to Niche:

1. Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia
2. The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr
3. Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg
4. Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy (#1 Best Jewish schools in America)
5. Linden Hall, Lititz
6. The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square
7. The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr
8. The Hill School, Pottstown
9. Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern
10. Moravian Academy, Bethlehem
11. Friends Select School, Philadelphia
12. Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh
13. Germantown Academy, Fort Washington
14. Friends' Central School, Wynnewood
15. Grier School, Birmingham
16. George School, Newtown
17. Westtown School, West Chester
18. Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh
19. The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont
20. Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster
21. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia
22. The Haverford School, Haverford
23. Abington Friends School, Jenkintown
24. Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr, Bryn Mawr
25. Perkiomen School, Pennsburg

You can view the full rankings here.

Nationally, the top five private high schools are Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire; Princeton International School of Math and Science in Princeton, New Jersey; Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut; Phillips Academy Andover in Andover, Massachusetts; and Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, California.

Niche said its rankings, now in the ninth year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes input from students, alumni and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources and facilities.

The company said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable information — both quantitative and qualitative — on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts among many others.

Earlier this week, Patch reported on the 25 best public high schools on Niche's list in the Keystone State, and Pennsylvania’s best school districts.

Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported that Phillips Academy Andover was in Andover, Maryland. It is actually in Andover, Massachusetts.