Southwestern Pennsylvania schools dominated a statewide ranking of public school districts published this month, but a few in the Philadelphia area made the top 10.

The Pittsburgh Business Times recently published its 2025 School Guide, which ranks districts based on scores from the three most recent years on the PSSA and Keystone Exams standardized tests. In the past year, the top 5 have maintained their standards of excellence and retained their spots on the list for the second year in a row.

Fox Chapel Area School District in Allegheny County topped the list once again, per PBT. Placing second was the Upper St. Clair School District, while Kobe Bryant's alma mater, Lower Merion, came in third.

Radnor Township School District in Delaware County and Peters Township School District in Washington County rounded out the leaders. Other Philadelphia-area districts to make the top 25 include Springfield (14), New Hope-Solebury (15), Haverford Township (16), Wallingford-Swarthmore (17), Colonial (22), Rose Tree Media (24) and Wissahickon (25).

Allegheny County had more districts in the top 10 than any other county.

Here are the top 10 school districts:

1. Fox Chapel Area (Allegheny)
2. Upper St. Clair (Allegheny)
3. Lower Merion (Montgomery)
4. Radnor Township (Delaware)
5. Peters Township (Washington)
6. Hampton Township (Allegheny)
7. South Fayette Township (Allegheny)
8. Unionville-Chadds Ford (Chester)
9. Mt. Lebanon (Allegheny)
10. Tredyffrin-Easttown (Chester

You can see the full list and where districts in your area rank on BizJournals.com.