Schools · North Wales

North Wales, PA schools

Kids attend one of 5 schools through grade 6, then North Penn SHS.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

ASchool Grade #189Best schools in PA (of 764)#274Highest graduation rate in PA (of 1,035)

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North Wales’s School Grade: A

The public schools North Wales’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 85% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

A-Test scoresB+Graduation

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 85%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (574)Better than 66%

High confidence. Built on 5,629 tested students and a graduating class of 1,035; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where North Wales kids go to school

Grades K–6

5 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list North Penn School District

Grades 10–12

ANorth Penn SHS 3,165 students · Lansdale North Penn School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades K–12, North Penn)48%

State average 37.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

PA: 87.5%

Graduating class

1,035

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #274 of 1,035 PA towns →

Districts

The district serving North Wales

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North Penn School DistrictGrades K–12 · 17 schools · 12,817 students

$20,607 per studentPA $21,758A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near North Wales

There’s no college in North Wales, but 40 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Lansdale School of Business in Upper Gwynedd, 1 miles away.

Lansdale School of BusinessCareer school · For-profit · Upper Gwynedd1 mi87 students

Gwynedd Mercy UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lower Gwynedd2.2 mi1,455 students Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-OverbrookUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Lower Gwynedd2.4 mi165 students Montgomery County Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Whitpain2.5 mi5,817 students Delaware Valley UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Doylestown8.6 mi1,982 students Chestnut Hill CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Philadelphia8.9 mi1,204 students

Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal ChurchUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield9 mi6 students

Westminster Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cheltenham9.4 mi414 students

Ursinus CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Collegeville9.7 mi1,492 students Arcadia UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cheltenham10.1 mi2,647 students

30 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of North Wales. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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