{"id":310316,"date":"2026-10-20T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310316\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T05:10:19","slug":"these-3-pittsburgh-elementary-schools-are-pas-best-us-news-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/310316\/","title":{"rendered":"These 3 Pittsburgh elementary schools are PA&#8217;s best, US News study says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">U.S. News and World Report recently <a data-ylk=\"slk:ranked;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/k12?src=usn_pr\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ranked<\/a> schools across the state, and 11 <a data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/pittsburgh\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a>-area elementary schools made the top 100.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Every year, <a data-ylk=\"slk:US News and World Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/state\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\/2026\/08\/18\/pittsburgh-high-schools-us-news-schools-list-rankings\/91335764007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">US News and World Report<\/a> releases a ranking of <a data-ylk=\"slk:elementary schools;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/state\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\/2026\/10\/05\/pittsburgh-school-top-award-community-health-nation-us\/92019365007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">elementary schools<\/a> by state. To determine the rankings, they examine numerous factors, such as student performance, achievement and school effectiveness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, how does your neighborhood elementary school compare to others throughout Pennsylvania, and what makes the difference? Here&#8217;s how middle schools in the Pittsburgh area scored.<\/p>\n<p>These 11 Pittsburgh elementary schools rank among best in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These Pittsburgh-area elementary schools ranked among the top 100 in Pennsylvania, according to U.S. News and World Report:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 1: Fairview Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 2: Eisenhower Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 3: Baker Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 6: Ohara Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 17: Hartwood Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 26: Kerr Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 30: Environmental CS at Frick Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 36: Streams Elementary School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 57: Pittsburgh Greenfield K-8<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 73: Pittsburgh Colfax K-8<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 98: Ingomar Elementary School<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Pittsburgh charter elementary schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">These Pittsburgh-area charter elementary schools made the top 90 in the state:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 1: Environmental CS at Frick Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 19: Penn Hills CS of Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 20: Manchester Academic Charter School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 27: Young Scholars of Western Pennsylvania Charter School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 42: Urban Academy of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 69: Propel CS-Pitcairn<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No. 80: Propel CS-Braddock Hills<\/p>\n<p>How US News ranked Pittsburgh-area elementary schools<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To rank elementary schools in each state, U.S. News and World Report looked at student performance in math and reading\/language arts with student demographic context. Using this data, they measured overall achievement and school effectiveness. They also examined student-teacher ratios, using that data to break ties in overall scores.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Finch Walker is the Pittsburgh Connect Reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Contact Walker at FWalker@usatodayco.com. Instagram: <a data-ylk=\"slk:@finchwalker_;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/finchwalker_\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@finchwalker_<\/a>. X: <a data-ylk=\"slk:@_finchwalker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.x.com\/_finchwalker\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@_finchwalker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a data-ylk=\"slk:These 3 Pittsburgh elementary schools are PA&#039;s best, US News study says;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/state\/pennsylvania\/pittsburgh\/2026\/10\/20\/us-news-ranking-pittsburgh-area-elementary-schools-top-100\/92263231007\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">These 3 Pittsburgh elementary schools are PA&#8217;s best, US News study says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. News and World Report recently ranked schools across the state, and 11 Pittsburgh-area elementary schools made the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-310316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}