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41 Pennsylvania Private Schools Get A+ Rating On New Analysis
41 private schools in Pennsylvania received an A+ grade. 28 got an A grade, and 31 more got an A-. See the full list here:

It may seem like the school year just started, but if your child is planning on attending private school for the first time next year, your planning is well underway. And some new data could help with your decision making process.
The latest ranking from Niche.com highlights Pennsylvania's best private schools. In its list for 2019, the education and real estate website gave 41 private schools in Pennsylvania an A+ grade. Twenty eight received an A grade, and 31 more got an A-.
The rankings are based on rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education, along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users, according to Niche.com. (You can see the site's full methodology here.)
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These are the private schools in Pennsylvania that received an A+ grade for 2019, according to Niche.com:
- Germantown Friends, Philadelphia
- Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh
- The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr
- Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg
- The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square
- The Hill School, Pottstown
- Sewickley Academy, Sewickley
- Germantown Academy, Fort Washington
- George School, Newtown
- Westtown School, West Chester
- The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr
- The Haverford School, Haverford
- The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont
- William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia
- Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh
- Friends Central School, Wynnewood
- Grier School, Birmingham
- Linden Hall, Lititz
- Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Kingston
- Moravian Academy, Bethlehem
- Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
- Friends Select School, Philadelphia
- The Ellis School, Pittsburgh
- St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia
- Abington Friends School, Jenkintown
- Devon Preparatory School, Devon
- Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
- Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern
- Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster
- Aquinas Academy, Gibsonia
- Church Farm School, Exton
- La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor
- The Kiski School, Saltsburg
- Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Bryn Mawr
- Solebury School, New Hope
- Perkiomen School, Pennsburg
- Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova
- Harrisburg Academy, Wormleysburg
- Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown
- York Country Day School, York
- Vincentian Academy, Pittsburgh
You can see the full list of Niche's grades for Pennsylvania private schools by clicking here.
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