In Pennsylvania, 30.1% of Black students are proficient in reading at the typical school — against 53.2% of White students. Within Philadelphia alone, the gap between the best and worst schools for Black children is 79 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Pennsylvania schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Pennsylvania school. Groups are shown wherever Pennsylvania reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from PSSA 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 370 districts, 1,156 Pennsylvania schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Pennsylvania school the picture is black students at 26%, hispanic students at 30.4%, white students at 49.9% and asian students at 62.9%. That is a 36.9-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
An A means 80% or more of Black students are proficient. One school clears it. Greenberg Joseph School in Philadelphia comes closest at scale, at 68.9% across 148 Black student results. Seven schools reach 70%.
Carver HS reaches 79.3%. Elkin Lewis School, in the same district, reports 0%. Across 165 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
15.7% of Black students are proficient in math, against 50.8% of White students. Reading is 31.7 points.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall MsNorth Allegheny School District | 73.8% | 80% | 38.9% | 68.7% | 85.1% |
| Carver HsPhiladelphia City School District Magnet | 80.7% | 79.3% | — | 78.6% | 91.7% |
| Glenwood El SchRose Tree Media School District | 76.6% | 76.9% | — | 74.3% | 88.6% |
| Kernsville SchParkland School District | 76.7% | 75% | 51.9% | 79.6% | 75% |
| Scenic Hills El SchSpringfield School District | 84.2% | 75% | 87.5% | 83.8% | 90% |
| Kratzer SchParkland School District | 67.1% | 73.5% | 54.3% | 71.8% | 80% |
| Montgomery El SchNorth Penn School District | 72.7% | 72.5% | 28.6% | 70.5% | 83.2% |
| Greenberg Joseph SchPhiladelphia City School District | 71.5% | 68.9% | 60% | 67.2% | 78.9% |
| Penn Alexander SchPhiladelphia City School District | 89.5% | 67.9% | 77.8% | 93.8% | 91.7% |
| South El SchPerkiomen Valley School District | 72.2% | 66.7% | 50% | 73% | 91.7% |
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The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkin Lewis SchPhiladelphia City School District | 6.9% | 0% | 8.3% | — | — |
| Brownsville Area MsBrownsville Area School District | 20.3% | 0% | — | 22.1% | — |
| Downey SchHarrisburg City School District | 3% | 1.2% | 3.6% | — | — |
| Reeceville El SchCoatesville Area School District | 26.7% | 1.4% | 22.4% | 54.5% | — |
| Aspira Bilingual Cyber CsAspira Bilingual Cyber Charter School CharterVirtual | 3.1% | 2.1% | 2.8% | — | — |
| Greater Johnstown ShsGreater Johnstown School District | 6.8% | 2.8% | 9.7% | 13.1% | — |
| Innovative Arts Academy CsInnovative Arts Academy Charter School Charter | 4.9% | 2.9% | 4.1% | — | — |
| Fountain Hill El SchBethlehem Area School District | 12.7% | 2.9% | 10.9% | 36.5% | — |
| Achievement House CsAchievement House Charter School CharterVirtual | 17.4% | 2.9% | 13.9% | 30.6% | — |
| Rowland AcademyHarrisburg City School District | 1.8% | 3% | 1.2% | — | — |
In Philadelphia City School District, Carver Hs reports 79.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Elkin Lewis Sch, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 79.3-point spread across 165 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.