Best High Schools in Pennsylvania
The top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Pennsylvania, ranked by enrollment from NCES data with EDFacts proficiency rates where available. Average proficiency across this list is 57%.
| # | School | City | Enrollment | Proficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Commonwealth Charter Academy CS | Harrisburg, PA | 20,355 | 56% |
| 2 | Pennsylvania Cyber CS | Midland, PA | 9,838 | 43% |
| 3 | Reach Cyber CS | Harrisburg, PA | 6,918 | 46% |
| 4 | Reading SHS | Reading, PA | 5,213 | 41% |
| 5 | Agora Cyber CS | King of Prussia, PA | 4,957 | 46% |
| 6 | Upper Darby SHS | Drexel Hill, PA | 4,191 | 33% |
| 7 | Hazleton Area HS | Hazle Township, PA | 3,795 | 33% |
| 8 | Insight PA Cyber CS | Exton, PA | 3,638 | 57% |
| 9 | Northeast HS | Philadelphia, PA | 3,352 | 24% |
| 10 | Pennsylvania Leadership CS | West Chester, PA | 3,283 | 45% |
| 11 | Parkland HS | Allentown, PA | 3,220 | 58% |
| 12 | North Penn SHS | Lansdale, PA | 3,184 | 47% |
| 13 | Cumberland Valley HS | Mechanicsburg, PA | 3,035 | 59% |
| 14 | Pennsylvania Virtual CS | King of Prussia, PA | 2,959 | 57% |
| 15 | Neshaminy HS | Langhorne, PA | 2,933 | 57% |
| 16 | Pennsbury HS | Fairless Hills, PA | 2,865 | 55% |
| 17 | William Allen HS | Allentown, PA | 2,852 | 27% |
| 18 | Emmaus HS | Emmaus, PA | 2,846 | 53% |
| 19 | Easton Area HS | Easton, PA | 2,844 | 27% |
| 20 | Abington SHS | Abington, PA | 2,749 | 52% |
| 21 | Philadelphia Performing Arts CS | Philadelphia, PA | 2,721 | 45% |
| 22 | Collegium CS | Exton, PA | 2,645 | 28% |
| 23 | Spring-Ford SHS 9-12 Ctr | Royersford, PA | 2,631 | 72% |
| 24 | Conestoga SHS | Berwyn, PA | 2,347 | 65% |
| 25 | Pennridge HS | Perkasie, PA | 2,285 | 64% |
| 26 | Boyertown Area SHS | Boyertown, PA | 2,158 | 66% |
| 27 | Council Rock HS South | Holland, PA | 1,940 | 70% |
| 28 | Manheim Twp HS | Lancaster, PA | 1,899 | 67% |
| 29 | Owen J Roberts HS | Pottstown, PA | 1,820 | 66% |
| 30 | Perkiomen Valley HS | Collegeville, PA | 1,736 | 72% |
| 31 | Central Bucks HS-South | Warrington, PA | 1,720 | 72% |
| 32 | Lower Merion HS | Ardmore, PA | 1,712 | 71% |
| 33 | Downingtown HS East Campus | Exton, PA | 1,702 | 64% |
| 34 | Quakertown Community HS | Quakertown, PA | 1,668 | 64% |
| 35 | Hempfield Area SHS | Greensburg, PA | 1,661 | 69% |
| 36 | Cedar Crest HS | Lebanon, PA | 1,633 | 65% |
| 37 | Council Rock HS North | Newtown, PA | 1,622 | 68% |
| 38 | York Co School of Technology | York, PA | 1,620 | 54% |
| 39 | Nazareth Area HS | Nazareth, PA | 1,594 | 69% |
| 40 | Methacton HS | Eagleville, PA | 1,510 | 69% |
| 41 | Governor Mifflin SHS | Shillington, PA | 1,480 | 61% |
| 42 | Wissahickon SHS | Ambler, PA | 1,459 | 66% |
| 43 | Cheltenham HS | Wyncote, PA | 1,442 | 64% |
| 44 | Bucks County Technical High School | Fairless Hills, PA | 1,439 | 60% |
| 45 | West Chester Henderson HS | West Chester, PA | 1,429 | 65% |
| 46 | Pine-Richland HS | Gibsonia, PA | 1,413 | 75% |
| 47 | Springfield HS | Springfield, PA | 1,375 | 71% |
| 48 | Central Bucks HS-East | Doylestown, PA | 1,365 | 62% |
| 49 | Cedar Cliff HS | Camp Hill, PA | 1,353 | 61% |
| 50 | Bethel Park HS | Bethel Park, PA | 1,338 | 70% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best high school in Pennsylvania?
The largest high school in Pennsylvania is Commonwealth Charter Academy CS in Harrisburg with 20,355 students and a 56% proficiency rate. Rankings are based on NCES Common Core of Data enrollment and EDFacts proficiency results.
How many high schools are in Pennsylvania?
This page shows the top 50 high schools (grades 9-12) in Pennsylvania by enrollment. Browse the full state directory to see all schools.
What does the proficiency rate measure?
Proficiency rate is the percentage of students meeting grade-level standards on combined math and reading assessments, as reported by EDFacts. Data is district-level and applied to each school in the district.
Where does this data come from?
Enrollment and school characteristics come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results. Both are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Schools are ranked by enrollment within the state. Proficiency rates come from EDFacts assessment results, district-level figures applied to each school in the district.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.