The North Penn School District (NPSD) is a large, suburban, regional

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that consists of thirteen

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s, three

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s, and one

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. It serves the

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, a area in the Montgomery County suburbs of

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. 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

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is located in the district. Line Lexington, which includes small portions of Hilltown Township and New Britain Township in 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 North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale borough, 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, along Valley Forge Road (Pennsylvania Route 363 ...

, 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

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North Penn School District
{{Authority control Lansdale, Pennsylvania School districts established in 1956 School districts in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1956 establishments in Pennsylvania