Montco School Superintendent Salaries Revealed: Who Makes The Most

All of the 39 superintendents and assistant superintendents in Montgomery County have salaries of at least $197,000, with a dozen of them sitting at $250,000 a year or higher, according to newly released state data.

The salaries, pulled from the latest personnel report released by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, shows that Montgomery County's administrators are some of the highest paid in the state.

North Penn's Todd Bauer is the biggest earner in the county at $316,890 annually. He falls just short of the highest superintendent salary in the state, which belongs to Philadelphia's Tony Watlington at $367,710.

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 every personnel change which has occurred since that date. See a spreadsheet with salary data here.

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

1. Todd Bauer, North Penn SD, $316,890.00
2. Michael Christian, Colonial SD, $295,473.00
3. Frank Ranelli, Lower Merion SD, $290,000.00
4. Scott Eveslage, Hatboro-Horsham SD, $284,960.00
5. Jay Burkhart, Spring-Ford SD, $280,000.00
6. Jeffrey Fecher, Abington SD, $279,256.00
7. Christopher Dormer, Norristown Area SD, $269,516.00
8. Maryjo Yannacone, Springfield Township SD, $261,866.00
9. Mwenyewe Salahuddin, Wissahickon SD, $260,000.00
10. Susan Elliott, Upper Moreland Township SD, $259,285.00
11. David Zerbe, Methacton SD, $257,813.00
12. Barbara Russell, Perkiomen Valley SD, $257,738.00
13. Laurie Smith, Upper Dublin SD, $250,442.00
14. Wilbur Stout, Owen J Roberts SD, $247,904.00
15. Allyn Roche, Upper Perkiomen SD, $245,813.00
16. Brian Scriven, Cheltenham SD, $244,077.00
17. Sandra Edling, Montgomery County IU 23, $240,000.00 (Assistant to the Superintendent in Charge of Business Affairs)
18. Tamara Smith, Upper Merion Area SD, $240,000.00
19. Dennis Best, Lower Moreland Township SD, $234,000.00
20. James Melchor, Abington SD, $233,955.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
21. D'ana Waters, North Penn SD, $228,478.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
22. Kathryn Soeder, Owen J Roberts SD, $227,100.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
23. Stephen Rodriguez, Pottstown SD, $224,000.00
24. Yolanda Williams, Norristown Area SD, $223,070.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
25. David Finnerty, Pottsgrove SD, $221,182.00
26. Che Regina, Methacton SD, $220,000.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
27. A. Jill Takacs, Jenkintown SD, $219,169.00
28. Frank Gallagher, Souderton Area SD, $218,423.00
29. Rosemarie Gregitis, Colonial SD, $218,360.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
30. Scott Weinstein, Lower Merion SD, $216,300.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
31. Kelly Murray, Spring-Ford Area SD, $210,000.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
32. Lawrence Cannon, Upper Moreland Township SD, $209,254.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
33. Sean Gardiner, Wissahickon SD, $205,000.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
34. Ted Domers, Hatboro-Horsham SD, $204,369.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
35. Julia Henrich, Lower Moreland Township SD, $202,800.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
36. Jason Sorgini, Methacton SD, $201,000.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
37. Christopher Hey, Souderton Area SD, $198,096.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
38. Andrea Farina, Upper Perkiomen SD, $197,077.00 (Assistant Superintendent)
39. Julien Drennan, Upper Dublin SD, $195,000.00 (Assistant Superintendent)

James Scanlon, Spring-Ford Area SD, left his position as interim superintendent on April 1. His salary was listed as "not to exceed" $338,800.00 but the school district said he was paid a daily rate for the days he worked, not an annual sum.

No data was provided for administrators at the Bryn Athyn School District.