Schools

Public Schools

Upper Darby Township’s Public Education is served by the Upper Darby School District. In all, the 12 Public Schools plus the Kindergarten Center serve nearly 12,000 students. The district has one high school, Upper Darby High School, and two middle schools, Beverly Hills Middle School and Drexel Hill Middle School. Upper Darby High School is the largest High School in the State of Pennsylvania with almost 4,000 students.

High School

• Upper Darby High School

Middle School

• Beverly Hills
• Drexel Hill

Elementary School

• Aronimink
• Bywood
• Charles Kelly
• Garrettford
• Highland Park
• Hillcrest
• Primos
• Stonehurst Hills
• Walter M. Senkow
• Westbrook Park

Kindergarten

• Kindergarten Center

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Parochial schools

In addition to the public school district, Upper Darby is home to several parochial and private schools. Monsignor Bonner High School (for boys) and Archbishop Prendergast High School (for girls), both Roman Catholic, are the largest private schools in the Township. Both schools offer grades 9–12 with a combined enrollment close to 55,00students. In addition to the two high schools, there are nine parochial primary and middle schools located in the Township including the St. Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments, with a combined enrollment of 2,867. Almost all of the private academic schools in the Township are administered by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia except for the Holy Child Academy, which is a Catholic academy run by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.

Also available to residents of Upper Darby and surrounding areas is the Upper Darby Adult Evening Program (UDAEP). UDAEP offers professional development and general education classes to township residents. UDAEP is an independent non-profit entity separate from the Upper Darby School District.[13]

Monsignor Bonner High School for boys
Archbishop Prendergast High School for girls
Holy Child Academy (Private)
Saint Andrew the Apostle School
Saint Bernadette’s School
Saint Dorothy School
Saint Laurence
Saint Cyril (East Lansdowne)

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Higher education

Delaware County Community College operates a center in Upper Darby’s Barclay Shopping Center.

In close proximity are the many public and private colleges and universities of Philadelphia. Using public transportation one can be in University City, home of the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University in minutes. Temple University is only a little bit further via subway.