Best public high schools in Pennsylvania

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Peters Township School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,295 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#30. Peters Township High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: North Penn School District, PA
- Enrollment: 3,138 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#29. North Penn Senior High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: New Hope-Solebury School District, PA
- Enrollment: 468 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#28. New Hope-Solebury High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Franklin Regional School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,101 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#27. Franklin Regional Senior High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Bethlehem, PA
- Enrollment: 610 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#26. The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Lower Moreland Township School District, PA
- Enrollment: 824 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#25. Lower Moreland High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: South Fayette Township School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,094 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#24. South Fayette Township High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Spring-Ford Area School District, PA
- Enrollment: 2,561 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#23. Spring-Ford Senior High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Central Bucks School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,722 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#22. Central Bucks High School - South
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Central Bucks School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,507 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#21. Central Bucks High School - West
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Colonial School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,503 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#20. Plymouth-Whitemarsh Senior High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Erie City School District, PA
- Enrollment: 732 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#19. Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Wissahickon School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,467 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#18. Wissahickon Senior High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,210 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#17. Strath Haven High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: Garnet Valley School District, PA•
- Enrollment: 1,546 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#16. Garnet Valley High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Great Valley School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,402 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#15. Great Valley High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: State College Area School District, PA
- Enrollment: 2,436 (12:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#14. State College Area High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Derry Township School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,128 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#13. Hershey High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,348 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#12. Unionville High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Upper St. Clair School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,315 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#11. Upper St. Clair High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Central Bucks School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,385 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#10. Central Bucks High School - East
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Fox Chapel Area School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,309 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#9. Fox Chapel Area High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Mt. Lebanon School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,820 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#8. Mt. Lebanon Senior High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Philadelphia City School District, PA
- Enrollment: 2,381 (24:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Central High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Lower Merion School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,261 (11:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Harriton Senior High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: North Allegheny School District, PA
- Enrollment: 2,698 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. North Allegheny High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Downingtown Area School District, PA
- Enrollment: 883 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Downingtown STEM Academy
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Radnor Township School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,165 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Radnor Senior High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: Tredyffrin-Easttown School District, PA
- Enrollment: 2,335 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Conestoga Senior High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Philadelphia City School District, PA
- Enrollment: 1,180 (22:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

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