Regular local school district · Montgomery County
Upper Merion Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Upper Merion Area SD runs 7 public schools with 4,427 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 4,427
- Teachers (FTE)
- 352
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 435 Crossfield Rd, King of Prussia, PA 19406
- Phone
- (610)205-6400
- County
- Montgomery County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4224480
- State district ID
- PA-123468402
- Total staff (FTE)
- 699
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 295 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,223), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $120.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.1 million
- State revenue
- $16.5 million
- Local revenue
- $100.8 million
- Total spending
- $138.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $32,732
- Salaries
- $50.9 million36.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $229.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 2.5%
- State: 13.7%
- Local: 83.7%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$32,732
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Upper Merion Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridgeport El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 254 | 10.6 |
| Caley El Sch | Elementary | K to 4 | 372 | 11.6 |
| Candlebrook El Sch | Elementary | K to 4 | 313 | 11.6 |
| Gulph EL Sch | Elementary | K to 4 | 440 | 10.2 |
| Roberts El Sch | Elementary | K to 4 | 292 | 13.3 |
| Upper Merion Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,326 | 14.0 |
| Upper Merion Area Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 1,348 | 12.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Montgomery County
- North Penn SD 12,911 students
- Lower Merion SD 8,533 students
- Abington SD 8,400 students
- Spring-Ford Area SD 8,101 students
- Norristown Area SD 7,677 students
- Souderton Area SD 6,061 students
- Colonial SD 5,713 students
- Wissahickon SD 5,210 students
- Perkiomen Valley SD 4,701 students
- Methacton SD 4,595 students
- Hatboro-Horsham SD 4,215 students
- Cheltenham SD 4,176 students
- Agora Cyber CS 4,169 students
- Upper Dublin SD 4,108 students
- Upper Moreland Township SD 3,550 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.