The North Penn School District (NPSD) is a large, suburban, regional
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school district
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that consists of thirteen
elementary schools, three
middle school
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s, and one
high school
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. It serves the
North Penn Valley, a area in the
Montgomery County suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The district serves the municipalities of North Wales, Pennsylvania, North Wales Borough, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, Lansdale Borough, Hatfield, Pennsylvania, Hatfield Borough, Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania, Upper Gwynedd Township, Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, Towamencin Township, Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Montgomery Township, and Hatfield Township, Pennsylvania, Hatfield Township. The Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania, Montgomeryville census-designated place is located in the district.
Line Lexington, Pennsylvania, Line Lexington, which includes small portions of Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Hilltown Township and New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, New Britain Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bucks County, 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.
List of schools
* North Penn High School, Towamencin Township
* Northbridge School, Hatfield
* Pennbrook Middle School, North Wales
* Penndale Middle School, Lansdale
* Pennfield Middle School, Hatfield
* A.M. Kulp Elementary School, Hatfield
* Bridle Path Elementary School, Montgomery Township
* General Nash Elementary School, Towamencin Township
* Gwyn Nor Elementary School, Upper Gwynedd Township
* Gywnedd Square Elementary School, Lansdale
* Hatfield Elementary School, Hatfield
* Inglewood Elementary School, Towamencin Township
* Knapp Elementary School, Lansdale
* Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery Township
* North Wales Elementary School, North Wales
* Oak Park Elementary School, Lansdale
* Walton Farm Elementary School, Towamencin Township
* York Avenue Elementary School, Lansdale
References
External links
North Penn School District
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Lansdale, Pennsylvania
School districts established in 1956
School districts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
1956 establishments in Pennsylvania