41 Pennsylvania Private Schools Get A+ Rating On New Analysis

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.)

These are the private schools in Pennsylvania that received an A+ grade for 2019, according to Niche.com:

1. Germantown Friends, Philadelphia
2. Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh
3. The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr
4. Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg
5. The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square
6. The Hill School, Pottstown
7. Sewickley Academy, Sewickley
8. Germantown Academy, Fort Washington
9. George School, Newtown
10. Westtown School, West Chester
11. The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr
12. The Haverford School, Haverford
13. The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont
14. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia
15. Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh
16. Friends Central School, Wynnewood
17. Grier School, Birmingham
18. Linden Hall, Lititz
19. Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Kingston
20. Moravian Academy, Bethlehem
21. Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
22. Friends Select School, Philadelphia
23. The Ellis School, Pittsburgh
24. St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia
25. Abington Friends School, Jenkintown
26. Devon Preparatory School, Devon
27. Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
28. Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern
29. Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster
30. Aquinas Academy, Gibsonia
31. Church Farm School, Exton
32. La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor
33. The Kiski School, Saltsburg
34. Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Bryn Mawr
35. Solebury School, New Hope
36. Perkiomen School, Pennsburg
37. Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova
38. Harrisburg Academy, Wormleysburg
39. Mount St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown
40. York Country Day School, York
41. Vincentian Academy, Pittsburgh

You can see the full list of Niche's grades for Pennsylvania private schools by clicking here.

RELATED:

• Pennsylvania's Best Public High Schools: New Rankings Released
• The 10 Best Colleges In Pennsylvania For Your Money: New Rankings

Image via Shutterstock