5 Haverford Township Elementary Schools Among Best: U.S. News

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA —Several elementary schools in the School District of Haverford Township have been ranked among the best in Pennsylvania, according to a brand-new ranking released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

For the inaugural list, U.S. News published rankings and data on more than 80,000 public elementary and middle schools across the United States.

Schools are ranked at the state and district levels. The best charter schools and best magnet schools ranked as stand-alone categories.

U.S. News ranked Chatham Park Elementary School as the highest in the state among schools in Haverford Township, according to the new list. Chatham Park Elementary was ranked number 67.

Here’s a look at how other elementary schools in Haverford Township ranked compared with others in the state:

130: Coopertown Elementary School
273: Chestnutwold Elementary School
398: Lynnewood Elementary School
525: Manoa Elementary School

To determine the rankings, U.S. News used data from the U.S. Department of Education to analyze two areas at each school:

• Math and reading proficiency — or how well students perform on state assessments.
• Math and reading performance — or how well they perform compared with expectations.

The state assessment data used in the rankings is from the 2018-19 school year and, therefore, predates any effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on test-taking.

Schools were also ranked by district. Here’s how elementary schools in Haverford Township measured up:

1. Chatham Park Elementary
2. Coopertown Elementary
3. Chestnutwold Elementary
4-5. Lynnewood Elementary
4-5. Manoa Elementary

Nationally, California has 5,534 ranked elementary schools — the most of any state — followed by Texas at 4,446; New York at 2,211; Florida at 2,128; and Illinois at 2,038 schools.

California also has the most ranked middle schools with 2,319, followed by Texas at 1,942; Illinois at 1,243; New York at 1,219; and Florida at 997.

See the complete list of 2021’s Best K-8 Schools.