Schools
Top 100 PA School Districts In 2016, Plus National Rankings
The national and state lists rank school districts based on teaching statistics and about 920,000 ratings from 240,000 students and parents.
Yes, Pennsylvania, you still have among the best schools in the country.
Niche.com has just released its 2016 list of the best school districts throughout the nation, as well as the state of Pennsylvania, and many schools you’ll recognize received high ranks.
In addition to naming the overall best high schools, Niche.com also ranked schools with the best extracurriculars, facilities, food, sports and more.
Niche ranked thousands of districts based on dozens of statistics and 27 million opinions from 300,000 students and parents. View the full methodology here.
Here are the Pennsylvania school districts ranked 1-100, with their national ranking in parenthesis:
- Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township (1st in U.S.)
- North Allegheny School District, McCandless Township (7th in U.S.)
- Radnor Township School District, Radnor Township (20th in U.S.)
- Lower Merion School District, Lower Merion Township (22nd in U.S.)
- Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, West Marlborough Township (31st in U.S.)
- Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Heights (49th in U.S.)
- Mt. Lebanon School District, Mount Lebanon Township (61st in U.S.)
- Upper St. Clair School District, Upper St. Clair (64th in U.S.)
- Wissahickon School District, Whitpain Township (87th in U.S.)
- Hampton Township School District, Hampton Township (97th in U.S.)
- Fox Chapel Area School District,mIndiana Township
- Great Valley School District, Willistown Township
- New Hope-Solebury School District, Solebury Township
- Council Rock School District, Northampton Township
- Wyomissing Area School District, Wyomissing
- Upper Dublin School District, Upper Dublin Township
- Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Nether Providence Township
- Central Bucks School District, Buckingham Township
- Derry Township School District, Derry Township
- State College Area School District, Ferguson Township
- North Penn School District, Montgomery Township
- Marple Newtown School District, Marple Township
- Downingtown Area School District, West Bradford Township
- Rose Tree Media School District, Middletown Township
- Garnet Valley School District, Concord Township
- Fairview School District, Fairview Township
- Lower Moreland Township School District, Lower Moreland Township
- Colonial School District, Whitemarsh Township
- West Chester Area School District, East Bradford Township
- Parkland School District, North Whitehall Township
- South Fayette Township School District, South Fayette Township
- Kennett Consolidated School District, New Garden Township
- Haverford Township School District, Haverford Township
- Beaver Area School District, Brighton Township
- Springfield School District, Springfield Township
- Owen J. Roberts School District, Warwick Township
- Methacton School District, Worcester Township
- Cumberland Valley School District, Silver Spring Township
- Spring-Ford Area School District, Limerick Township
- Mast Community Charter School
- Souderton Area School District, Lower Salford Township
- Upper Merion Area School District, Upper Merion Township
- Perkiomen Valley School District, Skippack Township
- Bethel Park School District, Bethel Park
- Central York School District, Manchester Township
- Delaware Valley School District, Dingman Township
- Pine-Richland School District, Pine Township
- Pennsbury School District, Falls Township
- Cheltenham Township School District, Cheltenham Township
- Hatboro-Horsham School District, Horsham Township
- Jenkintown School District, Jenkintown
- Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Strasburg Township
- Hempfield School District, East Hempfield Township
- Wilson School District, Spring Township
- North Hills School District, Ross Township
- Springfield Township School District, Springfield Township
- Abington Heights School District, Newton Township
- Moon Area School District, Moon Township
- Mechanicsburg Area School District, Upper Allen Township
- Manheim Township School District, Manheim Township
- York Suburban School District, Spring Garden Township
- Abington School District, Abington Township
- Peters Township School District, Peters Township
- Mars Area School District, Middlesex Township
- Seneca Valley School District, Forward Township
- Collegium Charter School
- General McLane School District, Washington Township
- Hollidaysburg Area School District, Frankstown Township
- Pennridge School District, Bedminster Township
- Montour School District, Robinson Township
- Lewisburg Area School District, Kelly Township
- Franklin Regional School District, Murrysville
- East Penn School District, Lower Macungie Township
- Southern York County School District, Codorus Township
- Baldwin-Whitehall School District, Baldwin
- Norwin School District, North Huntingdon Township
- Fort LeBoeuf School District, Waterford Township
- Montoursville Area School District, Plunketts Creek Township
- Warwick School District, Warwick Township
- Gettysburg Area School District, Franklin Township
- Dallastown Area School District, Springfield Township
- Southern Lehigh School District, Upper Saucon Township
- Danville Area School District, Liberty Township
- Gateway School District, Monroeville
- Salisbury Township School District, Salisbury Township
- Phoenixville Area School District, Schuylkill Township
- Camp Hill School District, Camp Hill
- Stroudsburg Area School District, Hamilton Township
- Wayne Highlands School District, Damascus Township
- South Western School District, Manheim Township
- Wallenpaupack Area School District, Lackawaxen Township
- Coatesville Area School District, West Caln Township
- Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
- Greater Latrobe School District, Unity Township
- Nazareth Area School District, Bushkill Township
- Conestoga Valley School District, East Lampeter Township
- Morrisville Borough School District, Morrisville
- Neshannock Township School District, Neshannock Township
- Central Columbia School District, Mifflin Township
100. Palisades School District, Tinicum Township
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