Eastern Montco Schools Superintendent Salaries Revealed: Who Makes The Most

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Two schools superintendents in the region are among the Top 20 highest paid for their position, according to new state data.

The superintendents for the Hatboro-Horsham and Abington school districts received some of the highest salaries in the region for the 2025-2026 school year.

See the list of superintendent salaries below

A total of 207 superintendents around Pennsylvania make more than $200,000 per year, including seven who make more than $300,000 annually, according to newly released data on 875 school leaders from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.

The state's highest superintendent's salary is in Philadelphia, where Tony Watlington makes $367,710 per year.

The data below is for the 2025-26 school year, according to a "snapshot" by the state taken on Oct. 1, 2025. The list below may not reflect personnel changes which have occurred since that date.

Jenkintown Schools Superintendent Jill Takacs has taken a job in a New Jersey school after announcing her retirement earlier in the year.

The average salary is $171,825, though that includes substitutes, assistants, and temporary replacements.

The data also includes assistant schools superintendents and other top district administrators.

These are what the schools superintendents in eastern Montgomery County made during the 2025-2026 school year:

• Scott Eveslage, Hatboro-Horsham SD, $284,960
• Jeffrey Fecher, Abington SD, $279,256
• Susan Elliott, Upper Moreland Township SD, $259,285
• Laurie Smith, Upper Dublin SD, $250,442
• Brian Scriven, Cheltenham SD, $244,077
• Dennis Best, Lower Moreland Township SD, $234,000
• A. Jill Takacs, Jenkintown SD, $219,169
• Lawrence Cannon, Upper Moreland Township SD, $209,254 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Shavon Savage, Cheltenham SD, $205,000 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Ted Domers, Hatboro-Horsham SD, $204,369 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Julia Henrich, Lower Moreland Township SD, $202,800 (Assistant Superintendent)
• Julien Drennan, Upper Dublin SD, $195,000 (Assistant Superintendent)