Perhaps the reason Conestoga is so highly rated is due to the start kids get in the elementary schools.
U.S. News & World Report this week released its rankings for the best elementary schools in Pennsylvania and across the nation.
The following Philadelphia-area schools were listed among the top 50 public elementary schools in the state:
- Merion Elementary School, Lower Merion School District (Ranked 8th)
- Ithan Elementary School, Radnor Township School District (Ranked 9th)
- Stony Creek Elementary School, Wissahickon School District (Ranked 11)
- Gladwyne School, Lower Merion School District (Ranked 13)
- Pickering Valley Elementary School, Downingtown Area School District (Ranked 16th)
- Hillside Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District (Ranked 18th)
- Beaumont Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District (Ranked 21th)
- Rose Tree Elementary School, Rose Tree Media School District (Ranked 27th)
- Penn Wynne School, Lower Merion School District (Ranked 28th)
- Sabold Elementary School, Springfield School District (Ranked 29th)
- Devon Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District (Ranked 30th)
- Wallingford Elementary School, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District (Ranked 32nd)
- Fort Washington Elementary School, Upper Dublin School District (Ranked 34th)
- Radnor Elementary School, Radnor Township School District (Ranked 35th)
- New Eagle Elementary School, Tredyffrin-Easttown School District (Ranked 37th)
- Cynwyd School, Lower Merion School District (Ranked 39th)
- Swarthmore-Rutledge School, Wallingford-Swarthmore School District (Ranked 40th)
- Unionville Elementary School, Unionville-Chadds Ford School District (Ranked 41st)
- Penn Valley School, Lower Merion School District (Ranked 45th)
- Chatham Park Elementary School, Haverford Township School District (Ranked 49th)
Valley Forge Elementary was ranked #108
