$117K Is Average Teacher Salary In Lower Merion School District: Niche

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — The Lower Merion School District is one of the best places to be a teacher in the state, according to Niche.

Data compiler Niche recently released its list of the best places to teach in Pennsylvania.

Ranking factors included teacher salaries, teacher tenure, teacher absenteeism, student-teacher ratio, as well as the district's Niche grades for Overall, Administration, Safety, and Resources.

The Lower Merion School District was ranked No. 8 for the best places to teach in the state.

And, Niche ranked the district at No. 19 among districts with the best teachers in Pennsylvania.

Patch recently reported the district was ranked fourth among all public school districts in Pennsylvania by Niche.

According to Niche, the average teacher salary at the district is $117,364.

Nearby, the average teacher salary at the School District of Haverford Township is $93,137.

The highest teacher salary in the state is at Council Rock School District, where the average instructor makes $122,000 a year, according to Niche.

Read more on how this ranking was calculated.

Where Niche Grades come from and how Niche calculates rankings.