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This Is Bucks County's Best School District, New Ranking Says

New district rankings have been released, and several in Bucks County are in the top 100. Here is the highest-ranked:

BUCKS COUNTY, PA —New school district rankings were released Monday by data compiler Niche, and five in Bucks County made the top 100 in the state.

Niche, which analyzes various educational statistics to prepare ratings on both public and private institutions, says the top-ranked Bucks County school district is Central Bucks in Doylestown. It came 8th in the state.

Next up was New Hope-Solebury School District, which was ranked 15th in Pennsylvania. Council Rock School District in Newtown came in 27th in the state.

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Pennsbury was ranked 54th and Neshaminy came in 78th.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

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The top-ranked school district in Pennsylvania is Tredyffrin-Easttown. You can see the top 100 here.

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