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New Ranking Of Pennsylvania School Districts: Neshaminy Is 79th

Good news for Neshaminy School District!

Data compiler Niche.com recently released its 2017 list of the best school districts throughout the nation and in the state of Pennsylvania, and it's good news for local students.

Neshaminy School District was ranked among the top 100 districts in Pennsylvania, coming in 79th on the state list.

A Pennsylvania school district was named as the number one nationwide. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District in Wayne was ranked by Niche.com as the country's best school district. Nearby Radnor Township School District was ranked third in the country.

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Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, for the second year in a row, was also named Pennsylvania's best school district, according to Niche.com's data. Other local districts that received high marks include Lower Merion School District, Central Bucks, Wissahickon, Great Valley, Council Rock and North Penn.

To get to these results, Niche analyzed academic and student life data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of Niche users. Read how this ranking was calculated here.

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Here are the Pennsylvania school districts that appeared on the national list:

  • No. 1 - Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Wayne
  • No. 3 - Radnor Township School District, Radnor
  • No. 8 - Lower Merion School District, Ardmore
  • No. 14 - North Allegheny School District, Pittsburgh
  • No. 22 - Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh
  • No. 43 - Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, Kennett Square
  • No. 56 - Mt. Lebanon School District, Pittsburgh
  • No. 79 - Quaker Valley School District, Leetsdale
  • No. 94 - Upper St. Clair School District, Pittsburgh
  • No. 98 - Wissahickon School District, Ambler

Here are the top school districts in Pennsylvania as ranked by Niche.com:

  1. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, Wayne
  2. Radnor Township School District, Radnor
  3. Lower Merion School District, Ardmore
  4. North Allegheny School District, Pittsburgh
  5. Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh
  6. Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, Kennett Square
  7. Mt. Lebanon School District, Pittsburgh
  8. Quaker Valley School District, Leetsdale
  9. Upper St. Clair School District, Pittsburgh
  10. Wissahickon School District, Ambler
  11. Central Bucks School District, Doylestown
  12. Great Valley School District, Malvern
  13. Council Rock School District, Newtown
  14. North Penn School District, Lansdale, PA
  15. Garnet Valley School District, Glen Mills
  16. State College Area School District, State College
  17. Hampton Township School District, Allison Park
  18. New Hope-Solebury School District, New Hope
  19. School District of Haverford Township, Havertown
  20. Wyomissing Area School District, Wyomissing
  21. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, Wallingford
  22. Spring-Ford Area School District, Royersford
  23. Upper Dublin School District, Maple Glen
  24. Rose Tree Media School District, Media
  25. West Chester Area School District, West Chester
  26. Derry Township School District, Hershey
  27. Methacton School District, Eagleville
  28. Lower Moreland Township School District, Huntingdon Valley
  29. Colonial School District, Plymouth Meeting
  30. Downingtown Area School District, Downingtown
  31. Parkland School District, Allentown
  32. South Fayette Township School District, Mcdonald
  33. Marple Newtown School District, Newtown Square
  34. Phoenixville Area School District, Phoenixville
  35. Upper Merion Area School District, King Of Prussia
  36. Springfield Township School District, Oreland,
  37. Owen J. Roberts School District, Pottstown
  38. Fairview School District, Fairview
  39. Cumberland Valley School District, Mechanicsburg
  40. Perkiomen Valley School District, Collegeville
  41. Souderton Area School District, Souderton
  42. Moon Area School District, Moon Township
  43. Bethel Park School District, Bethel Park
  44. Kennett Consolidated School District, Kennett Square
  45. Pine-Richland School District, Gibsonia
  46. Jenkintown School District, Jenkintown
  47. Pennsbury School District, Fallsington
  48. York Suburban School District, York
  49. Lewisburg Area School District, Lewisburg
  50. Peters Township School District, Mcmurray

Click here to see the full 100 best school districts in Pennsylvania.

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