New Ranking Of Montgomery County School Districts Released

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A new ranking of all school districts in Montgomery County has been published, giving local families and residents another insight onto how schools in the area stack up.

The rankings for the 2020-21 school year were put together by the data compiler Niche, which measured a wide variety of categories including academics, diversity, teachers, college prep, clubs and activities, health and safety, administration, sports, food, and facilities.

Lower Merion School District led all of Montgomery County in the latest list, earning an a "A+" overall mark. All of the top eight schools in the county earned an "A+."

Niche used data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users, to score districts. (You can read more about the methodology here.)

Here's how Niche ranked Montgomery County school districts:

1. Lower Merion
2. Upper Dublin
3. Wissahickon
4. Colonial
5. Spring-Ford
6. Lower Moreland
7. Perkiomen Valley
8. North Penn
9. Jenkintown
10. Upper Merion
11. Abington
12. Souderton
13. Methacton
14. Upper Moreland
15. Springfield
16. Cheltenham
17. Hatboro-Horsham
18. Pottsgrove
19. Upper Perkiomen
20. Norristown
21. Pottstown