Points of Pride
- U.S. News and World Report ranked Lower Merion and Harriton high schools as the top two high schools in Montgomery County, and #8 and #11 in Pennsylvania. The Pittsburgh Business Journal ranked LMSD #3 in the state based on PSSA and Keystone scores. Great Pennsylvania Schools noted that both LMSD high schools have Niche rankings in the Top 50.
- Both Harriton and Lower Merion earned Silver Recognition on the 2024 AP Honor Roll, which recognizes schools that have done outstanding work to welcome more students to Advanced Placement courses and support them on the path to college success.
- Eight Harriton High School students won National Merit Scholarships. In all, Harriton had 19 Semifinalists and 23 Commended students, while Lower Merion had eight semifinalists and 38 Commended students in the 2024 competition.
- For the 15th consecutive year, LMSD was honored with the “Best Communities for Music Education” designation by The NAMM Foundation, recognizing the District's outstanding support for and commitment to music education.
- Harriton High School’s Science Olympiad team came in second at the 2025 National Science Olympiad competition.
- Lower Merion High School senior Bole Ying was chosen from more than 2500 entrants as a Top 300 scholar in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search. He used AI to create a program that predicts nearsightedness and other vision problems using quick and simple eye tests.
- Lower Merion High School sophomore Sarah Chenoweth won a Gold Congressional Award, the highest honor Congress bestows upon youth in the United States. The award recognizes initiative, service and personal growth over an extended period of time.
- The Bala Cynwyd Middle School Model UN Team won the “Best Delegation” honor at the prestigious Boston University Academy Model United Nations (BUAMUN) Conference.
- LMSD was selected to receive the 2024 Pajama Day District of Distinction Award for Fundraising from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Students at Belmont Hills, Gladwyne and Merion elementary schools, as well as Bala Cynwyd Middle School, raised more than $11,000 to support various programs at CHOP.
- The annual “Amazing Ace” and “Dr. Harriton” competitions raised more than $78,000 for various charities, including the Lower Merion Township Scholarship Fund and the Dr. Sean A. Hughes Memorial Fund.
- The Harriton High School choir was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall as featured performers in the 2025 Harmonic Convergence Concert. Geoffrey McQueen, Executive Director of Choirs of America, said, “I will tell you that the Scouting Committee was extremely impressed by the Harriton Choir's recent body of work!”