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Lower Moreland Township School District

Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Dennis Best · #185 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,584

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,213

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% above the Pennsylvania median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Lower Moreland Township School District is a public school district based in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, serving 2,584 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #185 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 52% of them. Its schools average 646 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Dennis Best. It spends about $18,213 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Lower Moreland Township compares

Lower Moreland TownshipPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,213

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,687

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 25% above · FY2020-21

Students per school646

Pennsylvania median 560 · 15% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor369

Pennsylvania median 328 · 12% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$54.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 18%Local 79%

Measure	Lower Moreland Township	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,213	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,687	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$51.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$54.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	182	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	404	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	369	328	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Pennsylvania median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Dennis Best

Superintendent, Lower Moreland Township School District

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education, EdNA, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Pennsylvania

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Hampton Township School DistrictAllison Park	2,589	5	$18,157	13.8	#183
Pottsville Area School DistrictPottsville	2,589	3	$12,863	14.0	#184
Lower Moreland Township School DistrictHuntingdon Valley · this district	2,584	4	$18,213	14.2	#185
Bellefonte Area School DistrictBellefonte	2,579	6	$15,999	12.3	#186
Eastern Lancaster County School DistrictNew Holland	2,578	5	$18,555	11.8	#187

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Adair CountyColumbia, KY	2,585	$10,688	14.0
DyersburgDyersburg, TN	2,585	$11,234	n/a
Grayslake CHSD 127Grayslake, IL	2,583	$24,464	12.8
Averill Park Central School DistrictAverill Park, NY	2,583	$21,322	14.7

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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