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:

  1. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Tredyffrin Township (1st in U.S.)
  2. North Allegheny School District, McCandless Township (7th in U.S.)
  3. Radnor Township School District, Radnor Township (20th in U.S.)
  4. Lower Merion School District, Lower Merion Township (22nd in U.S.)
  5. Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, West Marlborough Township (31st in U.S.)
  6. Quaker Valley School District, Sewickley Heights (49th in U.S.)
  7. Mt. Lebanon School District, Mount Lebanon Township (61st in U.S.)
  8. Upper St. Clair School District, Upper St. Clair (64th in U.S.)
  9. Wissahickon School District, Whitpain Township (87th in U.S.)
  10. Hampton Township School District, Hampton Township (97th in U.S.)
  11. Fox Chapel Area School District,mIndiana Township
  12. Great Valley School District, Willistown Township
  13. New Hope-Solebury School District, Solebury Township
  14. Council Rock School District, Northampton Township
  15. Wyomissing Area School District, Wyomissing
  16. Upper Dublin School District, Upper Dublin Township
  17. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Nether Providence Township
  18. Central Bucks School District, Buckingham Township
  19. Derry Township School District, Derry Township
  20. State College Area School District, Ferguson Township
  21. North Penn School District, Montgomery Township
  22. Marple Newtown School District, Marple Township
  23. Downingtown Area School District, West Bradford Township
  24. Rose Tree Media School District, Middletown Township
  25. Garnet Valley School District, Concord Township
  26. Fairview School District, Fairview Township
  27. Lower Moreland Township School District, Lower Moreland Township
  28. Colonial School District, Whitemarsh Township
  29. West Chester Area School District, East Bradford Township
  30. Parkland School District, North Whitehall Township
  31. South Fayette Township School District, South Fayette Township
  32. Kennett Consolidated School District, New Garden Township
  33. Haverford Township School District, Haverford Township
  34. Beaver Area School District, Brighton Township
  35. Springfield School District, Springfield Township
  36. Owen J. Roberts School District, Warwick Township
  37. Methacton School District, Worcester Township
  38. Cumberland Valley School District, Silver Spring Township
  39. Spring-Ford Area School District, Limerick Township
  40. Mast Community Charter School
  41. Souderton Area School District, Lower Salford Township
  42. Upper Merion Area School District, Upper Merion Township
  43. Perkiomen Valley School District, Skippack Township
  44. Bethel Park School District, Bethel Park
  45. Central York School District, Manchester Township
  46. Delaware Valley School District, Dingman Township
  47. Pine-Richland School District, Pine Township
  48. Pennsbury School District, Falls Township
  49. Cheltenham Township School District, Cheltenham Township
  50. Hatboro-Horsham School District, Horsham Township
  51. Jenkintown School District, Jenkintown
  52. Lampeter-Strasburg School District, Strasburg Township
  53. Hempfield School District, East Hempfield Township
  54. Wilson School District, Spring Township
  55. North Hills School District, Ross Township
  56. Springfield Township School District, Springfield Township
  57. Abington Heights School District, Newton Township
  58. Moon Area School District, Moon Township
  59. Mechanicsburg Area School District, Upper Allen Township
  60. Manheim Township School District, Manheim Township
  61. York Suburban School District, Spring Garden Township
  62. Abington School District, Abington Township
  63. Peters Township School District, Peters Township
  64. Mars Area School District, Middlesex Township
  65. Seneca Valley School District, Forward Township
  66. Collegium Charter School
  67. General McLane School District, Washington Township
  68. Hollidaysburg Area School District, Frankstown Township
  69. Pennridge School District, Bedminster Township
  70. Montour School District, Robinson Township
  71. Lewisburg Area School District, Kelly Township
  72. Franklin Regional School District, Murrysville
  73. East Penn School District, Lower Macungie Township
  74. Southern York County School District, Codorus Township
  75. Baldwin-Whitehall School District, Baldwin
  76. Norwin School District, North Huntingdon Township
  77. Fort LeBoeuf School District, Waterford Township
  78. Montoursville Area School District, Plunketts Creek Township
  79. Warwick School District, Warwick Township
  80. Gettysburg Area School District, Franklin Township
  81. Dallastown Area School District, Springfield Township
  82. Southern Lehigh School District, Upper Saucon Township
  83. Danville Area School District, Liberty Township
  84. Gateway School District, Monroeville
  85. Salisbury Township School District, Salisbury Township
  86. Phoenixville Area School District, Schuylkill Township
  87. Camp Hill School District, Camp Hill
  88. Stroudsburg Area School District, Hamilton Township
  89. Wayne Highlands School District, Damascus Township
  90. South Western School District, Manheim Township
  91. Wallenpaupack Area School District, Lackawaxen Township
  92. Coatesville Area School District, West Caln Township
  93. Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School
  94. Greater Latrobe School District, Unity Township
  95. Nazareth Area School District, Bushkill Township
  96. Conestoga Valley School District, East Lampeter Township
  97. Morrisville Borough School District, Morrisville
  98. Neshannock Township School District, Neshannock Township
  99. Central Columbia School District, Mifflin Township

100. Palisades School District, Tinicum Township

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