2025 Pittsburgh Business Times Rankings

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1	2025 Rank	2024 Rank	School District	County	Methodology for 2025 Pennsylvania School Rankings
2	1	1	Fox Chapel Area	Allegheny	All available Pennsylvania System of School Assessment scores for math, English and science and Keystones for literature, algebra and biology from the past three years are included in the formula. The exception is the 2022 Keystones. Many districts had missing data for the 2022 biology test, so that data point is excluded from this year’s Keystone ranks. This year’s formula included more than 250 data points. All grades (three through eight and the Keystone exams for high school proficiency) receive math and reading scores; science scores also are included for fourth, eighth and the Keystones. The rankings are based on a district’s percentage of students placing in the top two standardized test categories. That score is then compared to its departure from the average for the set. This is also known as a standard score, or “z-score,” a measurement of the number of standard deviations a district scored above or below the mean for the data set being examined. The z-scores for each component in a grade are summed to create a grade score. The sum of all the grade scores makes up a district’s overall score. Districts with incomplete data are not ranked.
3	2	2	Upper St. Clair	Allegheny
4	3	3	Lower Merion	Montgomery
5	4	4	Radnor Township	Delaware
6	5	5	Peters Township	Washington
7	6	9	Hampton Township	Allegheny
8	7	7	South Fayette Township	Allegheny
9	8	8	Unionville-Chadds Ford	Chester
10	9	10	Mt. Lebanon	Allegheny
11	10	6	Tredyffrin-Easttown	Chester
12	11	11	North Allegheny	Allegheny
13	12	13	Quaker Valley	Allegheny
14	13	12	Derry Township	Dauphin
15	14	22	Springfield	Delaware
16	15	14	New Hope-Solebury	Bucks
17	16	18	Haverford Township	Delaware
18	17	16	Wallingford-Swarthmore	Delaware
19	18	24	Fairview	Erie
20	19	17	Pine-Richland	Allegheny
21	20	19	Norwin	Westmoreland
22	21	20	Lewisburg Area	Union
23	22	23	Colonial	Montgomery
24	23	29	State College Area	Centre
25	24	26	Rose Tree Media	Delaware
26	25	15	Wissahickon	Montgomery
27	26	25	Penn-Trafford	Westmoreland	* Pittsburgh Business Times - May 21, 2025
28	27	27	West Allegheny	Allegheny
29	28	21	Upper Dublin	Montgomery
30	29	39	Garnet Valley	Delaware
31	30	28	Spring-Ford Area	Montgomery
32	31	30	Beaver Area	Beaver
33	32	37	Great Valley	Chester
34	33	36	Cumberland Valley	Cumberland
35	34	31	Downingtown Area	Chester
36	35	32	Montour	Allegheny
37	36	33	Parkland	Lehigh
38	37	40	Palmyra Area	Lebanon
39	38	34	Franklin Regional	Westmoreland
40	39	42	Lower Moreland Township	Montgomery
41	40	45	Council Rock	Bucks
42	41	35	Southern Lehigh	Lehigh
43	42	44	Fort Leboeuf	Erie
44	43	38	Central Columbia	Columbia
45	44	50	West Jefferson Hills	Allegheny
46	45	58	Camp Hill	Cumberland
47	46	48	Central Bucks	Bucks
48	47	49	Moon Area	Allegheny
49	48	41	Manheim Township	Lancaster
50	49	43	Bethel Park	Allegheny
51	50	47	Perkiomen Valley	Montgomery
52	51	62	Wayne Highlands	Wayne
53	52	46	York Suburban	York
54	53	53	Avonworth	Allegheny
55	54	51	Owen J Roberts	Chester
56	55	52	Canon-McMillan	Washington
57	56	54	Slippery Rock Area	Butler
58	57	63	Richland	Cambria
59	58	72	Hempfield	Lancaster
60	59	56	Freeport Area	Armstrong
61	60	61	Saucon Valley	Northampton
62	61	55	Mars Area	Butler
63	62	67	Avon Grove	Chester
64	63	77	Abington Heights	Lackawanna
65	64	64	Harbor Creek	Erie
66	65	65	Neshannock Township	Lawrence
67	66	60	North Hills	Allegheny
68	67	82	Loyalsock Township	Lycoming
69	68	78	Lampeter-Strasburg	Lancaster
70	69	70	Hermitage	Mercer
71	70	85	Penn Manor	Lancaster
72	71	66	Pennsbury	Bucks
73	72	68	West Chester Area	Chester
74	73	75	Jenkintown	Montgomery
75	74	57	Marple Newtown	Delaware
76	75	69	Greenwood	Perry
77	76	74	Nazareth Area	Northampton
78	77	71	North Penn	Montgomery
79	78	81	Millcreek Township	Erie
80	79	79	Methacton	Montgomery
81	80	80	Hempfield Area	Westmoreland
82	81	83	Penns Valley Area	Centre
83	82	59	Conemaugh Township Area	Somerset
84	83	91	Laurel	Lawrence
85	84	76	General McLane	Erie
86	85	93	Riverview	Allegheny
87	86	73	Souderton Area	Montgomery
88	87	111	Delaware Valley	Pike
89	88	89	North East	Erie
90	89	84	Springfield Township	Montgomery
91	90	90	Keystone Oaks	Allegheny
92	91	87	Greater Latrobe	Westmoreland
93	92	108	Shenango Area	Lawrence
94	93	98	Elizabethtown Area	Lancaster
95	94	115	Clarion-Limestone Area	Clarion
96	95	109	Brockway Area	Jefferson
97	96	114	Somerset Area	Somerset
98	97	100	Hollidaysburg Area	Blair
99	98	94	Gettysburg Area	Adams
100	99	97	Indiana Area	Indiana