School districts in Montgomery County

stgn01 · March 2011

Hi ladies! My DH and I are currently trying to move back down to PA to be close to family. We are looking at Montgomery County and trying to figure out what school districts would be good to live in. I went to school down in Upper Moreland, but I know a lot has changed since I was down there. Any recommendations of where to go and where to stay away from??

Any advice is much appreciated. TIA!

MerryC · March 2011

www.greatschools.org is a site where you can research all of the school districts in Montgomery County. If you focus your search on just high schools, you can check out the PSAA scores which should be very helpful!

Good luck! We love it here : )

kellydw · March 2011

I currently live in Jenkintown and attended Jenkintown school district. Personally, I loved it, but it is not for everyone. It is a small school district - 35 kids in my entire graduating class and yes we all graduated. No buses, the borough is a square mile, if a kid wants to participate in an activity but limited choices on friends. Great community vibe/atmosphere. My husband having grown up in the city thinks it is too small.

When it is time for school, we will be moving into Springfield Twp school district, in the Oreland area. If you go to everyhome.com you can search for houses by school district. Springfield is a little bigger than Jenkintown but not as big as Abington. I have heard good things about Lower Moreland. I would stay away from Cheltenham more bc the taxes are crazy but I had friends that went to Cheltenham Schools and loved it. I have family in the Abington school district and they all like it, personally for me it is too big.

Good luck!

BOH1025 · March 2011

I live in Lower Merion... schools are great here.

Phillychickadee · March 2011

Lower Merion schools are fantastic! A lot of the housing in that district can be pricey, but there are some affordable places.

sammyb1017 · March 2011

I'm a product of Abington and love it! Also Hatboro Horsham has a great school district.

courtneybrooke921 · March 2011

I just bought a house (yesterday!!) in upper moreland school district and I'm so excited - I've heard fabulous things about the school district and think it will be great!!

Other great districs - upper dublin, lower moreland.

Stay away from - Cheltenham (taxes extreme, schools not great)

mldsmile · March 2011

BOH1025:
I live in Lower Merion... schools are great here.

I also live in Lower Merion and agree, schools are top rated here.

gingerfamily · March 2011

North Penn is a great SD. GL with your search!

TheNewMrsCfont · March 2011

We recently were house hunting in Montgomery county and going through the same decisions about school districts you are. My finding were...

1. Lower Merion and Upper Dublin SDs seem to both consisitently rank the best in statewide rankings. Property taxes are higher in these areas but you are getting quality for your money in my opinion.

2. Most of the other SDs mentioned in this thread also rank pretty good and not that different than one another. So in my opinion if you have a good student they would excel there. I think it gets a little more tricky if you have a student that needs extra help bc some districts are known to have better support staff.

The only other SD I would throw out there that wasn't mentioned that I personally liked was Wissahickon. The property taxes were low and the quality seemed to be there. Unfortunately we couldn't find a house we liked there so we ended up a bit more north in the Central Bucks SD. Good luck!