PENNSYLVANIA — Fairview Elementary School in Pittsburgh is the best public elementary school in Pennsylvania while Merion Elementary School took top honors in the Philadelphia region, according to a new ranking Tuesday from U.S. News & World Report.
U.S. News researchers based the 2027 ranking of the nation's best public elementary schools on the latest publicly available data from state education agencies by RTI International, alongside data from the U.S. Department of Education. In the past, the state reports weren't part of the methodology.
The data from the state agencies provides a more comprehensive assessment of student performance in reading and mathematics across all proficiency levels while continuing to account for student background and absolute performance on state assessments.
"By incorporating direct state data across all proficiency levels, the 2027 rankings offer a richer, more complete picture of how elementary and middle schools are driving student growth," Eric Brooks, U.S. News director of education data analysis, said in a news release.
Elementary schools are those offering either pre-K-5 or pre-K-6 education. For schools that have a wider grade span, only tests through fifth grade were considered. The report includes 46,000 public elementary schools ranked at the state and district levels. Charter schools are a stand-alone category.
These are some of the top public elementary schools in the Philadelphia region:
4. Merion Elementary School (Lower Merion Township)
8. Penn Valley School (Narberth)
10. Conshohocken Elementary School (Conshohocken)
11. Penn Alexander School (Philadelphia)
15. Meredith William M School (Philadelphia)
16. Penn Wynne School (Wynnewood)
20. Ithan Elementary School (Bryn Mawr)
24. Gladwyne School (Gladwyne)
27.Belmont Hills Elementary School (Bala Cynwyd)
29. Coopertown Elementary School (Bryn Mawr)
31. Swarthmore-Rutledge School (Swarthmore)
35. Sabold Elementary School (Springfield)
38. Fort Washington Elementary School (Upper Dublin Township)
44. Cynwood School (Bala Cynwood)
46. Afton Elementary School (Yardley)
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