Highlights & Achievements
- Niche ranked LMSD as the #1 school district in Montgomery County, with the District and Harriton each earning "A+" grades. Main Line Today ranked Harriton as the #2 public high school in Montgomery County.
- Harriton is a two-time recipient of the Department of Education's Blue Ribbon School Award and consistently ranks among the nation's finest in Newsweek and US News ratings.
- The NAMM Foundation has recognized Harriton/LMSD as one of the nation's 2021-22 "Best Communities for Music Education a 2021-22 for exceptional efforts to maintain music education as part of the core curriculum and for the breadth and quality of the musical program.
- One of only 960 high schools in the country to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program.
- Harriton's dual enrollment program with the University of the Sciences enables students to earn college credits while attending high school.
- 85% of IB students since 2003 have earned an IB Diploma. The international average is approximately 80% while the US average is approximately 70% for diploma completion.
- Harriton has earned the "No Place for Hate" designation from the Anti-Defamation League, an initiative aimed at creating and sustaining inclusive school environments.
- The Pennsylvania Department of State & Education announced that Harriton earned the Gold-Level Governor's Civic Engagement Award for the outstanding efforts of students to educate, engage and inform their fellow classmates about how to get involved in the voting process.
- Harriton Science Olympiad won their fifth consecutive state championship – their 21st in the last 22 years – and finished third at the national competition. This marks Harriton's 26th consecutive top-ten finish and fourth top-three finish at Nationals in as many years.
- Harriton's Science Olympiad and Technology Student Association (TSA) perennially excel at the local, state and national levels.
- The Harriton buildOn Trek Team raised more than $80,000 to construct a school in the rural and impoverished of Thapapur, Nepal.
- The annual Dr. Harriton competition raised more than $60,000 for charity.
- For nearly three decades, Harriton has organized an annual Day of Service where more than 1,300 student and staff volunteers visit sites throughout the Delaware Valley to lend a helping hand to those-in-need.
- Harriton students received local, state and national recognition in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and were selected to Pennsylvania Music Educations Association (PMEA) and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Honor Ensembles.
- District and state athletic excellence in tennis, basketball, soccer, baseball and lacrosse.