A school district in Delaware County is back on top in a Niche ranking of the best school districts in America, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal.

Radnor Township School District rose four spots from last year to place 10^th among the 2024 Best School Districts in America.

This is the second time Radnor made it into the top 10 national spot. It was on the list in 2020 but dropped two places in the last two years.

By comparison, the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District placed 236^th on the national list.

Unionville-Chadds Ford School District fell significantly from 97th last year to No. 242 this year but still received an “A+” rating from Niche.

Garnet Valley School District came in 263^rd. Springfield placed 311th. Marple Newtown came in at 360. Haverford placed 411^th, with Rose Tree Media ranking at 518^th best school district in America.

This is the 10^th year that Niche has released its school district rankings.  It assessed 12,192 school districts in the United States using U.S. Department of Education data.

Niche looked at state test scores, SAT and ACT scores, graduate rates and college readiness to determine its national rankings.

See the entire national ranking in the Philadelphia Business Journal.

Editor’s Note: This post first appeared on DELCO Today in October 2023.