Pa.'s Best Private High Schools: Villa Maria Academy Is 51st

Where are Pennsylvania’s best private high schools? According to Niche.com, many of them are in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties.

A new list compiled by Niche.com, an information service provider, ranks the state’s best private high schools.

According to Niche.com, the ranking is “based on statistics, student and parent reviews, and expert insights. Ranking factors include SAT/ACT scores, the quality of colleges that students consider, student-teacher ratio, student and parent reviews, and more.”

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Here are the top 100 private high schools in Pennsylvania in 2016, according to Niche.com:

1. The Baldwin School, Lower Merion Township
2. The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Township (Delaware County)
3. Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia
4. Sewickley Academy, Edgeworth
5. The Hill School, Pottstown
6. The Haverford School, Lower Merion Township
7. Shady Side Academy, Fox Chapel
8. Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Kingston
9. Germantown Academy, Whitemarsh Township
10. Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh
11. Friends Central School, Penn Wynne
12. Westtown School, Westtown Township
13. Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg
14. George School, Middletown Township
15. Moravian Academy Upper School, Bethlehem Township
16. Abington Friends School, Jenkintown
17. Grier School, Warriors Mark Township
18. The Shipley School, Lower Merion Township
19. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia
20. Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
21. Friends Select School, Philadelphia
22. Aquinas Academy, Hampton Township
23. Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
24. St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Philadelphia
25. The School at Church Farm (CFS), West Whiteland Township
26. The Agnes Irwin School, Radnor Township
27. Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern
28. The Kiski School, Conemaugh Township
29. Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster
30. Harrisburg Academy, East Pennsboro Township
31. Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem Township
32. The Ellis School, Pittsburgh
33. Perkiomen School, Pennsburg
34. Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Radnor Township
35. La Salle College High School, Springfield Township
36. Linden Hall, Lititz
37. Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Radnor Township
38. Mount St. Joseph Academy, Springfield Township
39. Vincentian Academy, Ross Township
40. Grace Prep High School, Ferguson Township
41. Christopher Dock Mennonite High School, Kulpsville
42. Solebury School, Solebury Township
43. MMI Preparatory School, Foster Township
44. Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Radnor Township
45. Nazareth Academy High School, Philadelphia
46. York Country Day School, Spring Garden Township
47. Oakland Catholic High School, Pittsburgh
48. Merion Mercy Academy, Lower Merion Township
49. Scranton Preparatory School, Scranton
50. Venango Catholic High School, Oil City
51. Villa Maria Academy High School, Paoli
52. Villa Joseph Marie High School, Churchville
53. Central Catholic High School,Pittsburgh
54. Delaware County Christian School, Newtown Township (Delaware County)
55. Valley Forge Military Academy, Radnor Township
56. Cathedral Preparatory School, Erie
57. Eden Christian Academy, Ross Township
58. Covenant Christian Academy, Progress
59. Lehigh Valley Christian High School, Catasauqua
60. Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Lower Gwynedd Township
61. Plumstead Christian School, Plumsteadville
62. Notre Dame Junior/Senior High School, East Stroudsburg
63. St. Basil Academy, Abington Township
64. DuBois Area Catholic School, Sandy Township
65. Mercyhurst Preparatory School, Erie
66. Trinity High School, Hampden Township
67. Central Catholic High School, Allentown
68. Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown
69. Pius X. High School, Bangor
70. Quigley Catholic High School, Baden
71. Milton Hershey School, Derry Township
72. Bridgeway Academy, Catasauqua
73. Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg
74. Roman Catholic High School, Philadelphia
75. Villa Maria Academy, Millcreek Township
76. West Philadelphia Catholic High School, Philadelphia
77. Conestoga Christian School, Caernarvon Township
78. Delaware Valley Friends School, Paoli
79. Kimberton Waldorf School, East Vincent Township
80. Portersville Christian School, Muddy Creek Township
81. Archbishop Wood High School, Warminster Township
82. Wilson Christian Academy, West Mifflin
83. Seton-La Salle High School, Mount Lebanon Township
84. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary High School, Pottsville
85. Bishop Canevin High School, Pittsburgh
86. The Christian Academy, Brookhaven
87. Blue Mountain Academy, Tilden Township
88. St. Joseph High School, Harrison Township
89. Faith Christian Academy, Sellersville
90. Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School, Altoona
91. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, Moon Township
92. Bishop McCort Catholic High School, Johnstown
93. Mount Calvary Christian School, Mount Joy Township
94. Shalom Christian Academy, Guilford Township
95. Serra Catholic High School, McKeesport
96. The Crefeld School, Philadelphia
97. York Catholic High School, York
98. Trinity Christian School, Forest Hills
99. Christian School of York, Manchester Township

100. Lancaster Mennonite School - Lancaster Campus, East Lampeter Township