North Penn School District

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The North Penn School District is a regional public school district that consists of thirteen elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school. It serves the North Penn Valley, a 42-square-mile (110 km²) area in the Montgomery County suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

North Penn School District

The district serves the municipalities of North Wales borough, Lansdale borough, Hatfield borough, Upper Gwynedd Township, Towamencin Township, Montgomery Township, and Hatfield Township. The Montgomeryville census-designated place is located in the district.

A small portion of Bucks County known as Line Lexington is also contained in the North Penn School District.

The district was created by merging smaller, local districts in 1956. North Penn High School is today one of the largest traditional public high schools in Pennsylvania. The district enrollment for the 2006-2007 school year was 12,993. The district offers advanced placement curriculum and English as a second language.

Map of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts. The North Penn School District is in blue in the Northeast Central part of the county.