Lower Merion-Area Public, Private School Rankings From Niche

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA – Data compiler Niche.com recently ranked what it says are the top 100 public and private schools across all grade levels in Pennsylvania. So how do schools in the Lower Merion School District and private schools in the Lower Merion area compare to others in the Keystone State?

First let's look at Niche's methodology.

The ranks are based on an analysis of academic and student-life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, and feedback from Niche.com users. You can read the methodology by clicking here.

Lower Merion School District schools were ranked as such:

• Harriton High School – 15th
• Lower Merion High School – 29th
• Penn Wynne School – 43rd
• Merion Elementary School – 44th
• Cynwyd Elementary School – 45th
• Gladwyne Elementary School – 57th
• Belmont Hills Elementary School – 63rd
• Penn Valley School – 70th
• Bala Cynwyd Middle School – 83rd

And private schools in the area were ranked as such:

• The Haverford School, Haverford – 2nd
• The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr – 3rd
• The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont – 7th
• Friends Central School, Wynnewood – 8th
• Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova – 53rd
• Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Bryn Mawr – 73rd

The top five schools in Niche's list are Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia; The Haverford School, Haverford; The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr; The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square; and The Hill School, Pottstown.

Every school on this top 100 list received either an A+ or an A for an overall score from Niche.

See the comprehensive list here.

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