Pennsylvania Public Schools

Pennsylvania is the #8 largest school system in the United States, serving 1,763,919 students across 3,235 public schools. There are 77 Blue Ribbon Schools, 52 magnet schools, 145 charter schools, and 9 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(PA) School Average
% American Indian		 n/a
% Asian		 3%
% Hispanic		 8%
% Black		 16%
% White		 71%
Unknown		 2%

Pennsylvania Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adams County 7 12 11
2. Allegheny County 77 70 189
3. Armstrong County 7 4 12
4. Beaver County 17 13 25
5. Bedford County 7 6 12
6. Berks County 21 27 60
7. Blair County 10 6 21
8. Bradford County 9 3 16
9. Bucks County 21 31 89
10. Butler County 11 11 28
11. Cambria County 16 7 19
12. Cameron County 1 - 1
13. Carbon County 6 4 11
14. Centre County 9 8 27
15. Chester County 29 28 67
16. Clarion County 8 3 9
17. Clearfield County 9 5 19
18. Clinton County 4 3 8
19. Columbia County 10 5 11
20. Crawford County 10 2 16
21. Cumberland County 10 15 38
22. Dauphin County 15 15 43
23. Delaware County 23 18 86
24. Elk County 3 2 5
25. Erie County 22 18 47
26. Fayette County 9 11 30
27. Forest County 3 - 3
28. Franklin County 9 8 28
29. Fulton County 4 1 3
30. Greene County 6 2 7
31. Huntingdon County 7 4 15
32. Indiana County 9 2 12
33. Jefferson County 4 1 12
34. Juniata County 2 1 8
35. Lackawanna County 14 10 31
36. Lancaster County 24 27 79
37. Lawrence County 11 6 19
38. Lebanon County 7 5 21
39. Lehigh County 13 18 46
40. Luzerne County 17 7 45
41. Lycoming County 9 7 19
42. Mckean County 6 2 6
43. Mercer County 16 11 18
44. Mifflin County 3 3 9
45. Monroe County 12 11 27
46. Montgomery County 29 35 105
47. Montour County 3 1 3
48. Northampton County 15 17 40
49. Northumberland County 7 6 14
50. Perry County 5 5 8
51. Philadelphia County 101 60 232
52. Pike County 3 4 7
53. Potter County 5 2 5
54. Schuylkill County 15 9 22
55. Snyder County 2 3 5
56. Somerset County 12 7 13
57. Sullivan County 1 - 2
58. Susquehanna County 7 1 7
59. Tioga County 7 1 9
60. Union County 3 4 7
61. Venango County 5 2 14
62. Warren County 6 3 9
63. Washington County 17 17 31
64. Wayne County 2 2 9
65. Westmoreland County 21 23 54
66. Wyoming County 2 1 5
67. York County 21 28 68

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