Souderton Area School District


Souderton Area School District is a large, suburban public school district which covers an area of almost in the Montgomery County and Bucks County suburbs of Philadelphia. The district serves the municipalities of Souderton, Telford, Franconia, Lower Salford, Upper Salford, and Salford. By 2021, the population of the district was 47,277. The Souderton Area School District operates 3 secondary schools and 6 elementary schools. A new high school was built on Lower Road and was occupied in September 2009.
The teachers union for the Souderton Area School District went on strike on Tuesday, September 2, 2008. The dispute was over wages and health-care benefits, among other things. The strike ended September 25, 2008 with the Teachers' Union's acceptance of a nonbinding arbitration report proposed by the Souderton Area School Board.

Schools

Secondary

Souderton Area School District was ranked 51st out of 498 Pennsylvania school districts in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Business Times. The ranking was based on five years of student academic performance on the PSSAs for: reading, writing, math and three years of science.
  • 2011 - 46th
  • 2010 - 40th
  • 2009 - 40th
  • 2008 - 49th
  • 2007 - 54th out of 501 Pennsylvania school districts.
In 2009, the academic achievement, of the students in the Souderton Area School District, was in the 91st percentile among all 500 Pennsylvania school districts Scale

Graduation rate

In 2011, the graduation rate was 98.7%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Souderton Area School District's rate was 94% for 2010.
Under former calculation formula:
  • 2010 - 96%
  • 2009 - 96%
  • 2008 - 95%
  • 2007 - 97%

    High school

In 2011 the school achieves AYP status. In 2010 the school was in Making Progress: School Improvement Level II due to chronic, low student achievement.
11th Grade Reading
  • 2011 - 88.2% on grade level. State - 69.1% of 11th graders are on grade level.
  • 2010 - 82.1% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 66% of 11th graders are on grade level.
  • 2009 - 80.1% , State - 65%
  • 2008 - 82.1%, State - 65%
11th Grade Math:
  • 2011 - 85.6% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 60.3% of 11th graders are on grade level.
  • 2010 - 83.9%. State - 59%
  • 2009 - 73.2%. State - 56%.
  • 2008 - 74.5%, State - 56%
11th Grade Science:
  • 2011 - 67.1% on grade level. State - 40% of 11th graders were on grade level.
  • 2010 - 54.3%. State - 39%
  • 2009 - 66.1%. State - 40%
  • 2008 - 55%. State - 39%

    School Board

Souderton Area School District is governed by a nine-member board of school directors. School directors serve four-year terms. The board members are:
  • Ken R. Keith, President
  • Stephen Nelson, Vice President
  • Michael Taylor, CPA - Secretary
  • Elisa Ball - Treasurer
  • Michael Barnacz
  • Nicholas A. Braccio
  • William J. Brong
  • Janet Flisak
  • William A. Formica III
  • Andrew Landis
  • Kimberly Wheeler

    Formica controversy

In August 2024, board member Bill Formica made a series of social media posts suggesting that presidential candidate Kamala Harris "had engaged in sex acts to further her political career". Formica was met with backlash from the community and a Change.org petition urging him to resign.