Most Selective Private High Schools in Pennsylvania
The average private high school acceptance rate in Pennsylvania is approximately 82% per year (2021).
The most selective school in Pennsylvania is currently Girard College, with an acceptance rate of 15%.
The most selective private high schools are listed below (where sufficient data available).
Most Selective Private High Schools in Pennsylvania (2021)
- School Acceptance Rate Grades Location
- Rank: #11.Acceptance Rate: 15%
Grades: 1-122101 S College Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19121
(215) 787-2600 - Rank: #22.The Church Farm SchoolAll-boys (Episcopal)Acceptance Rate: 20%
Grades: 9-121001 E Lincoln Hwy
Exton, PA 19341
(610) 363-7500 - Rank: #33.William Penn Charter School(Friends)Acceptance Rate: 31%
Grades: PK-123000 W School House Lane
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 844-3460 -
- Rank: #44.Acceptance Rate: 33%
Grades: 9-12100 Academy Drive
Mercersburg, PA 17236
(717) 328-6173 - Rank: #55.Acceptance Rate: 45%
Grades: NS-121101 City Avenue
Wynnewood, PA 19096
(610) 649-7440 - Rank: #6-76.-7.Acceptance Rate: 50%
Grades: NS-12275 S Ithan Ave
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
(610) 525-8400 - Rank: #6-76.-7.Acceptance Rate: 50%
Grades: 7-122522 Grier School Road
Tyrone, PA 16686
(814) 684-3000 - Rank: #88.Acceptance Rate: 51%
Grades: PK-12450 Lancaster Ave.
Haverford, PA 19041
(610) 642-3020 - Rank: #99.Acceptance Rate: 55%
Grades: 1-123400 Pickertown Rd Suite 2
Chalfont, PA 18914
(267) 803-1751 - Rank: #1010.Acceptance Rate: 58%
Grades: PK-12975 Westtown Road
West Chester, PA 19382
(610) 399-0123 - Rank: #11-1511.- 15.Acceptance Rate: 60%
Grades: 9-122815 Benade Cir
Bryn Athyn, PA 19009
(267) 502-2539 - Rank: #11-1511.- 15.Acceptance Rate: 60%
Grades: 1-121200 River Road
Conshohocken, PA 19428
(215) 483-2461 - Rank: #11-1511.- 15.Canaan Christian Academy(Christian)Acceptance Rate: 60%
Grades: PK-1230 Hemlock Road
Lake Ariel, PA 18436
(570) 937-4848 - Rank: #11-1511.- 15.Acceptance Rate: 60%
Grades: NS-12699 N Pleasantview Rd
Pottstown, PA 19464
(610) 326-3320 - Rank: #11-1511.- 15.Acceptance Rate: 60%
Grades: PK-12725 Hamilton Road
Lancaster, PA 17603
(717) 392-2916 - Rank: #1616.Acceptance Rate: 61%
Grades: PK-12575 Washington Ln
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 576-3984 - Rank: #1717.Acceptance Rate: 64%
Grades: 6-12154 Centre St
Freeland, PA 18224
(570) 636-1108 - Rank: #1818.Acceptance Rate: 65%
Grades: 7-128836 Crefeld Street
Philadelphia, PA 19118
(215) 242-5545 - Rank: #19-2119.- 21.Acceptance Rate: 70%
Grades: 7-12150 Sunset Blvd
Washington, PA 15301
(724) 228-3547 - Rank: #19-2119.- 21.St. Gregorys AcademyAll-boys (Roman Catholic)Acceptance Rate: 70%
Grades: 9-12Rr 8 Box 8214
Moscow, PA 18444
(570) 842-8112 - Rank: #19-2119.- 21.Acceptance Rate: 70%
Grades: PK-121000 Indian Rock Dam Road
York, PA 17403
(717) 815-6700 - Rank: #2222.Acceptance Rate: 71%
Grades: NS-1210 Erford Road
Lemoyne, PA 17043
(717) 763-7811 - Rank: #2323.Acceptance Rate: 72%
Grades: 9-121000 Wyoming Avenue
Scranton, PA 18509
(570) 941-7737 - Rank: #2424.Acceptance Rate: 75%
Grades: K-12100 W. Ridge Ave, Suite C
Sharpsville, PA 16150
(724) 815-4115 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: PK-12232 State Route 217
Latrobe, PA 15650
(724) 539-8299 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: NS-121784 Fairview Road
Glenmoore, PA 19343
(610) 469-9236 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: 5-125500 Tabor Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19120
(267) 900-2000 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: 9-12650 Juliette Ave
Lancaster, PA 17601
(717) 509-0313 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: 9-12361 Pine Forge Rd
Pine Forge, PA 19548
(610) 326-5800 - Rank: #25-3025.- 30.Acceptance Rate: 80%
Grades: 9-126300 N 7th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
(267) 595-4723 - Rank: #31-3531.- 35.Acceptance Rate: 85%
Grades: 6-121120 E. Street Rd
Westtown, PA 19395
(610) 399-1135 - Rank: #31-3531.- 35.Acceptance Rate: 85%
Grades: 9-12700 N Cedar Rd
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(215) 663-1160 - Rank: #31-3531.- 35.Acceptance Rate: 85%
Grades: 9-121617 Rt. 228
Cranberry Township, PA 16066
(412) 321-4823 - Rank: #31-3531.- 35.Acceptance Rate: 85%
Grades: K-12135 Spruce Hollow Road
Northumberland, PA 17857
(570) 473-7592 - Rank: #31-3531.- 35.Acceptance Rate: 85%
Grades: 6-127613 Old York Road
Elkins Park, PA 19027
(215) 885-2000 Show 48 more private schools in PA (out of 83 total schools)
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