Marple-Newtown Ranked 20th Best School District in Pennsylvania

By KARA SEYMOUR (Patch Staff)

Do you think your school district is the best?

Niche.com recently released its 2015 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, outcomes, sports andmore.

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 that appeared on the national list:

• Tredyffrin-Easttown School District(3)
• Lower Merion School District (4)
• North Allegheny School District (9)
• Unionville-Chadds Ford School District (15)
• Radnor Township School District(52)
• Upper St. Clair School District (56)
• Council Rock School District (77)
• Wissahickon School District (80)
• Mt. Lebanon School District (85)
• Hampton Township School District(86)

Here is a look at Pennsylvania’s school districts as ranked by Niche.com:

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