The NAMM Foundation Recognizes The Best Communities for Music Education
The Best Communities for Music Education acknowledges over 1,000 schools and districts across the United States for their commitment and support of music education. The NAMM Foundation has announced the recipients of its 2025 Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) Awards, a signature program recognizing and celebrating school districts and individual schools for their support and commitment to music education and their efforts to ensure access to music for all students as part of a well-rounded education.
Learn more at www.nammfoundation.org
Here are the Pennsylvania Best Communities and SupportMusic Merit Award designees. Congratulations!
BEST COMMUNITIES FOR MUSIC EDUCATION
| Abington | PA | |
| Kittanning | PA | |
| West Grove | PA | |
| Wingate | PA | |
| Bellefonte | PA | |
| Bensalem | PA | |
| Bethel Park | PA | |
| Beaver Falls | PA | |
| Beaver Falls | PA | |
| Boyertown | PA | |
| Lower Burrell | PA | |
| Patton | PA | |
| Canonsburg | PA | |
| Doylestown | PA | |
| Ebensburg | PA | |
| Harrisburg | PA | |
| Waynesburg | PA | |
| Monaca | PA | |
| York | PA | |
| Fishertown | PA | |
| Clairton | PA | |
| Clarion | PA | |
| Clearfield | PA | |
| Plymouth Meeting | PA | |
| Lancaster | PA | |
| Lebanon | PA | |
| Newtown | PA | |
| Mechanicsburg | PA | |
| Milford | PA | |
| Hershey | PA | |
| Dover | PA | |
| Downingtown | PA | |
| DuBois | PA | |
| North Versailles | PA | |
| Emmaus | PA | |
| East Stroudsburg | PA | |
| Easton | PA | |
| Elizabethtown | PA | |
| Springville | PA | |
| Reading | PA | |
| Pittsburgh | PA | |
| Flinton | PA | |
| Shillington | PA | |
| Latrobe | PA | |
| Hamburg | PA | |
| Horsham | PA | |
| Greensburg | PA | |
| Hollidaysburg | PA | |
| Huntingdon | PA | |
| Leechburg | PA | |
| Kutztown | PA | |
| Factoryville | PA | |
| Lewisburg | PA | |
| Ardmore | PA | |
| Williamsport | PA | |
| Lancaster | PA | |
| Newtown Square | PA | |
| Mechanicsburg | PA | |
| Eagleville | PA | |
| Lewistown | PA | |
| Pottsville | PA | |
| Montoursville | PA | |
| Moon Township | PA | |
| Mount Pleasant | PA | |
| Pittsburgh | PA | |
| Nazareth | PA | |
| Langhorne | PA | |
| New Hope | PA | |
| Norristown | PA | |
| Pittsburgh | PA | |
| Pittsburgh | PA | |
| Lansdale | PA | |
| Ashland | PA | |
| Manchester | PA | |
| Loysburg | PA | |
| New Tripoli | PA | |
| North Huntingdon | PA | |
| Oley | PA | |
| Oxford | PA | |
| Palmyra | PA | |
| Allentown | PA | |
| Aston | PA | |
| Perkasie | PA | |
| Fallsington | PA | |
| Collegeville | PA | |
| Phoenixville | PA | |
| Gibsonia | PA | |
| Swiftwater | PA | |
| Port Allegany | PA | |
| Pottstown | PA | |
| Pottstown | PA | |
| Red Lion | PA | |
| Hellertown | PA | |
| Lancaster | PA | |
| Oreland | PA | |
| Schuylkill Haven | PA | |
| Harmony | PA | |
| Glenshaw | PA | |
| Shenandoah | PA | |
| Somerset | PA | |
| McKeesport | PA | |
| Hookstown | PA | |
| Center Valley | PA | |
| Glen Rock | PA | |
| Spring Grove | PA | |
| Springfield | PA | |
| Royersford | PA | |
| State College | PA | |
| Stroudsburg | PA | |
| Havertown | PA | |
| Jenkintown | PA | |
| Philadelphia | PA | |
| Titusville | PA | |
| Washington | PA | |
| Tunkhannock | PA | |
| Upper St. Clair | PA | |
| Archbald | PA | |
| Lititz | PA | |
| Waynesboro | PA | |
| Imperial | PA | |
| Exton | PA | |
| York | PA | |
| Lake Ariel | PA | |
| Williamsport | PA | |
| West Lawn | PA | |
| N Braddock | PA | |
| Wyalusing | PA | |
| Wyomissing | PA | |
| York | PA | |
| Herminie | PA |
SUPPORTMUSIC MERIT AWARD
| Philadelphia | PA | |
| Mifflintown | PA | |
| Lancaster | PA | |
| Philadelphia | PA | |
| Old Forge | PA | |
| McKeesport | PA | |
| Clearfield | PA | |
| Tidioute | PA |