These Are Pennsylvania's 100 Best Schools, New Ranking Says

Now you can find out how public and private schools in Pennsylvania compare to each other on every grade level. Data compiler Niche.com has ranked what it says are the top 100 schools in Pennsylvania. The list includes both private and public schools at the elementary, middle and high school level.

Niche’s methodology is 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.

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

Here are the top 100 schools in Pennsylvania for 2018, according to Niche. (If you want to read reviews and find out why a specific school received the ranking it did, click here.)

1. Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia
2. The Haverford School, Haverford
3. The Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr
4. The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square
5. The Hill School, Pottstown
6. Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg
7. The Agnes Irwin School, Rosemont
8. Friends Central School, Wynnewood
9. George School, Newtown
10. Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh
11. Sewickley Academy, Sewickley
12. Conestoga High School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
13. Westtown School, West Chester
14. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School, Philadelphia School District
15. Harriton High School, Lower Merion School District
16. William Penn Charter School, Philadelphia
17. The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr
18. Grier School, Tyrone
19. Radnor High School, Radnor Township School District
20. Germantown Academy, Fort Washington
21. North Allegheny High School, North Allegheny School District
22. Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Kingston
23. Moravian Academy Upper School, Bethlehem
24. Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh
25. Abington Friends School, Philadelphia
26. Unionville High School, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
27. Fox Chapel Area High School, Fox Chapel Area School District
28. Church Farm School, Exton
29. Lower Merion High School, Lower Merion School District
30. Friends Select School, Philadelphia
31. Linden Hall, Lititz
32. Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia
33. Devon Preparatory School, Devon
34. Downingtown STEM Academy, Downingtown Area School District
35. Harrisburg Academy, Wormleysburg
36. Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern
37. The Ellis School, Pittsburgh
38. Strath Haven High School, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
39. Mt. Lebanon High School, Mt. Lebanon School District
40. Ithan Elementary School, Radnor Township School District
41. Wissahickon High School, Wissahickon School District
42. Central High School, Philadelphia School District
43. Penn Wynne School, Lower Merion School District
44. Merion Elementary School, Lower Merion School District
45. Cynwyd Elementary School, Lower Merion School District
46. Radnor Elementary School, Radnor Township School District
47. Aquinas Academy, Gibsonia
48. St. Joseph's Preparatory School, Philadelphia
49. Radnor Middle School, Radnor Township School District
50. Great Valley High School, Great Valley School District
51. Franklin Elementary School, North Allegheny School District
52. Hoover Elementary School, Mt. Lebanon School District
53. Academy of Notre Dame de Namur, Villanova
54. Wayne Elementary School, Radnor Township School District
55. North Penn High School, North Penn School District
56. The Kiski School, Saltsburg
57. Gladwyne Elementary School, Lower Merion School District
58. Fairview Elementary School, Fox Chapel Area School District
59. Hillside Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
60. Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia School District
61. Beaumont Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
62. State College Area High School, State College Area School District
63. Belmont Hills Elementary School, Lower Merion School District
64. Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster
65. Bradford Woods Elementary School, North Allegheny School District
66. Foster Elementary School, Mt. Lebanon School District
67. Upper St. Clair High School, Upper St. Clair School District
68. Quaker Valley High School, Quaker Valley School District
69. Peebles Elementary School, North Allegheny School District
70. Penn Valley School, Lower Merion School District
71. New Hope-Solebury High School, New Hope-Solebury School District
72. Markham Elementary School, Mt. Lebanon School District
73. Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy, Bryn Mawr
74. Central Bucks High School - West, Central Bucks School District
75. Council Rock High School - North, Council Rock School District
76. Marshall Elementary School, North Allegheny School District
77. O'Hara Elementary School, Fox Chapel Area School District
78. Chadds Ford Elementary School, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
79. Spring-Ford High School, Spring-Ford Area School District
80. Ingomar Middle School, North Allegheny School District
81. Solebury School, New Hope
82. Hershey High School, Derry Township School District
83. Bala Cynwyd Middle School, Lower Merion School District
84. Valley Forge Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
85. Lower Gwynedd Elementary School, Wissahickon School District
86. Perkiomen School, Pennsburg
87. Streams Elementary School, Upper St. Clair School District
88. Kathryn D. Markley Elementary School, Great Valley School District
89. Marshall Middle School, North Allegheny School District
90. Jefferson Middle School, Mt. Lebanon School District
91. Holy Ghost Preparatory School, Bensalem
92. Corl Street Elementary School, State College Area School District
93. Lincoln Elementary School, Mt. Lebanon School District
94. Howe Elementary School, Mt. Lebanon School District
95. The Souderton Charter School Collaborative, Souderton
96. Stony Creek Elementary School, Wissahickon School District
97. Pocopson Elementary School, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
98. La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor
99. Methacton High School, Methacton School District
100. Titus Elementary School, Central Bucks School District

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