NH-Solebury Among PA's Top 25 Districts, New Ranking Says

Data compiler Niche has ranked Pennsylvania’s best school districts for 2019, and New Hope-Solebury has come in among the top 25 in the state. The rankings were released this week as part of the website's 2019 K-12 rankings.

New Hope-Solebury came in 21st and was ranked as the third-best district in Bucks County. Several other Bucks County districts came in among the state's very best. Central Bucks was Bucks County's top-ranked district, coming in 9th. Council Rock also cracked the top 25, coming in 20th.

Pennsbury was in the top 50, coming in 43rd.

Other Bucks County districts to make the top 100 include Quakertown Community School District, Pennridge and Neshaminy.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

Each district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety;Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.

Here is the full list of the top 100 districts, as ranked by Niche.com:

1. Tredyffrin-Easttown School District
2. Radnor Township School District
3. Mt. Lebanon School District
4. Lower Merion School District
5. Wallingford-Swarthmore School District
6. North Allegheny School District
7. Upper St. Clair School District
8. Unionville-Chadds Ford School District
9. Central Bucks School District
10. Fox Chapel Area School District
11. Great Valley School District
12. Wissahickon School District
13. South Fayette Township School District
14. Garnet Valley School District
15. Rose Tree Media School District
16. State College Area School District
17. North Penn School District
18. Quaker Valley School District
19. Derry Township School District
20. Council Rock School District
21. New Hope-Solebury School District
22. Fairview School District
23. School District of Haverford Township
24. Hampton Township School District
25. Colonial School District
26. School District of Upper Dublin
27. West Chester Area School District
28. Spring-Ford Area School District
29. Lower Moreland Township School District
30. Wyomissing Area School District
31. Parkland School District
32. Methacton School District
33. Marple Newtown School District
34. Downingtown Area School District
35. Perkiomen Valley School District
36. Abington School District
37. Springfield School District
38. Kennett Consolidated School District
39. Wilson School District
40. Central Columbia School District
41. Owen J. Roberts School District
42. North Hills School District
43. Pennsbury School District
44. Phoenixville Area School District
45. Pine-Richland School District
46. Manheim Township School District
47. Abington Heights School District
48. Cumberland Valley School District
49. Greater Latrobe School District
50. Peters Township School District
51. York Suburban School District
52. Moon Area School District
53. Jenkintown School District
54. Upper Merion Area School District
55. Hempfield School District
56. Lewisburg Area School District
57. Fort LeBoeuf School District
58. Lampeter-Strasburg School District
59. Mechanicsburg Area School District
60. Dallastown Area School District
61. Central York School District
62. Wilson Area School District
63. Souderton Area School District
64. Franklin Regional School District
65. Nazareth Area School District
66. Gettysburg Area School District
67. Hatboro-Horsham School District
68. Camp Hill School District
69. Springfield Township School District
70. Montour School District
71. Southern Lehigh School District
72. Dallas School District
73. North East School District
74. North Pocono School District
75. Delaware Valley School District
76. Warwick School District
77. Loyalsock Township School District
78. Penn Manor School District
79. Cheltenham School District
80. Penn-Trafford School District
81. Salisbury Township School District
82. Quakertown Community School District
83. East Penn School District
84. Seneca Valley School District
85. Montoursville Area School District
86. Conestoga Valley School District
87. Hempfield Area School District
88. Southern York County School District
89. General McLane School District
90. Pennridge School District
91. Baldwin-Whitehall School District
92. Wallenpaupack Area School District
93. Donegal School District
94. Bethel Park School District
95. Avonworth School District
96. Stroudsburg Area School District
97. Hollidaysburg Area School District
98. Northwestern Lehigh School District
99. Cocalico School District
100. Neshaminy School District

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