Osborne El Sch vs Edgeworth El Sch

Edgeworth El Sch and Osborne El Sch sit 1.7 miles apart in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and both rank among the strongest elementary schools in the state — but Edgeworth edges ahead. Edgeworth El Sch earns an overall rating of 9.3/10, placing it #42 of 2842 Pennsylvania elementary schools, while Osborne El Sch scores 9.0/10 and ranks #90 of 2842. That 0.3-point gap puts Edgeworth in the top 1.5% of the state versus Osborne's top 3.2% — a meaningful positional difference even though both schools are genuinely high-performing.

On academic proficiency the two schools are nearly tied: Edgeworth El Sch scores 9.5/10 against Osborne El Sch's 9.4/10, a difference too small to be decisive on its own. Growth tells a more distinct story. Edgeworth El Sch's growth score of 9.0/10 outpaces Osborne El Sch's 8.5/10 by half a point — meaning Edgeworth students are advancing relative to academic peers at a measurably faster rate, independent of where they start. For families who prioritize not just achievement level but year-over-year improvement, that gap carries real weight.

Demographically, the two schools are close but not identical. Edgeworth El Sch enrolls 418 students compared to Osborne El Sch's 366, making Edgeworth the larger campus by about 14%. Osborne carries a slightly higher free and reduced-price lunch rate — 27% versus Edgeworth's 22% — indicating a modestly more economically diverse population. Both schools maintain lean student-teacher ratios: Edgeworth El Sch at 12.7:1 and Osborne El Sch at 12.2:1, giving Osborne a slight edge in classroom size that could translate to more individual attention per student.

Both schools serve grades KG–05, so families with children across the full elementary span face no structural difference in grade coverage. The choice comes down to the growth score advantage at Edgeworth El Sch versus the slightly smaller class sizes at Osborne El Sch — two factors that pull in opposite directions depending on what a family values most.