Montgomery County · Abington · MCPC #26-0242-001
Abington Middle School
2056 Susquehanna Road, Abington, PA · 345,000 sq ft non-residential, school · 59.24 acres
About this project
The Abington School District will construct a new 345,000-square-foot middle school on the existing school site, with the current building demolished after the new facility opens. The project includes expanded parking (520 spaces plus 56 overflow), redesigned drop-off and pickup areas, new athletic fields, stormwater management facilities, and pedestrian pathways.
County planning commission: Supports, with comments
Issues raised: stormwater management basins proximity to on-site stream, pre-construction and post-construction safeguards for water resources
- Engineer / rep.
- SchraderGroup
- Zoning
- CS
- Tax parcel
- 300065228001
- Cross street
- Highland Avenue
- Approvals needed
- conditional use approval, variance for green area (59%), variance for impervious surface (42%), variance for building height (49 feet), variance for building length (598 ft / 487 ft), variance for stormwater structures in floodplain
- Utilities
- public water, public sewer
- Demolition
- existing middle school
Filing history
- 2026-09-21 · MCPC #26-0242-001 · Land Dev Plan, Prelim Plan · 345,000 sq ft
County review letters
2026-09-21 · ABING 26-0242-001r.pdf
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Scope estimate for contractors
Estimated construction value: $120.8M
- ~1,725 roofing squares (assumes 2 stories)
- ~862 tons of cooling (rule of thumb 400 sq ft/ton)
- ~48.5 acres of site work (grading, stormwater, landscaping)
- Parking expansion from 441 to 520 spaces
- Athletic field reconfiguration
- Stormwater management basins
- Redesigned internal access drives
- Pedestrian walkways
- Two-parcel consolidation (reverse subdivision)