Cold Spring Elementary ranks No. 178 in Pennsylvania

Cold Spring Elementary School in Doylestown placed No. 178 among 1,600 ranked Pennsylvania elementary schools in the 2027 U.S. News & World Report rankings, according to the school’s U.S. News profile.

The school on Durham Road scored 88.93 out of 100. Eighty-five percent of Cold Spring students scored at or above the proficient level in reading, and 77% hit that mark in math, according to the rankings. Both figures topped the district averages of 77% in reading and 64% in math.

The U.S. News profile lists 470 students and a 12-to-1 student-teacher ratio, below the district’s 13-to-1 average. Ninety-seven percent of its 40 full-time teachers are certified.

Buckingham Elementary, the other local school profiled in the rankings, placed No. 313 statewide with a score of 80.49 out of 100. Its students scored 80% proficient in reading and 65% in math. The school's 442 students have a 13-to-1 student-teacher ratio.

The rankings are based on 2023-24 state assessment data, when Central Bucks School District elementary schools still served grades K through 6. The district shifted all 15 elementary schools to K-5 for the 2026-27 school year and launched full-day kindergarten at every building.

U.S. News weighted its formula equally across four factors: math proficiency, math performance, reading proficiency and reading performance. Half the formula measured raw scores. The other half factored in socioeconomic demographics, according to the ranking methodology.

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