Township elementaries
Durham-Nockamixon, Springfield, and Tinicum elementary schools each serve their own countryside — short local roots before the shared Kintnersville campuses.
Upper Bucks River Country
Palisades School District
Five townships and a borough, five schools, and the county’s wildest scenery — a small district with one of its lowest student-teacher ratios.
Palisades School District covers the county’s rugged northern corner — Bridgeton, Durham, Nockamixon, Springfield, and Tinicum townships plus Riegelsville Borough, the river-and-ridge country named for the Nockamixon cliffs above the Delaware. Three small elementary schools sit in the townships they serve, feeding Palisades Middle School and Palisades High School in Kintnersville.
Enrollment is small and spread across big geography, which produces the district’s defining trait: personal scale. Student-teacher ratios run among the lowest in the county, and the schools double as civic hubs for townships that have no downtowns of their own. Buyers who come this far upriver are choosing land, quiet, and river villages — and the district matches that choice with schools where every student is known.
Official district website ↗What Stands Out
What families should know about Palisades
Personal scale
With roughly 1,400 students across five schools, Palisades runs some of the smallest class cohorts of any public district in the region.
The landscape as campus
Ringing Rocks, Nockamixon cliffs, Lake Towhee, and the Delaware Canal are all local — outdoor education here means walking out the door.
Every School
The schools of the Palisades School District
Elementary Schools
Kintnersville — Grades K–5
Durham-Nockamixon Elementary School
The K–5 school for Durham and Nockamixon townships’ river-and-ridge country.
School guide →Springtown — Grades K–5
Springfield Elementary School
Springfield Township’s countryside K–5, serving the Springtown valley.
School guide →Tinicum Township — Grades K–5
Tinicum Elementary School
Tinicum’s township elementary, renovated with a geothermal-equipped wing in 2012.
School guide →Middle School
High School
Questions People Ask
Palisades School District — frequently asked questions
What towns does the Palisades School District serve?
Palisades serves Bridgeton, Durham, Nockamixon, Springfield, and Tinicum townships and Riegelsville Borough in Upper Bucks County — the river country including Upper Black Eddy, Kintnersville, Ottsville, and Revere.
What schools are in the Palisades School District?
Five: Durham-Nockamixon, Springfield, and Tinicum elementary schools (K–5), Palisades Middle School (6–8), and Palisades High School (9–12), with the middle and high schools in Kintnersville.
How small is the Palisades School District?
It enrolls on the order of 1,400 students across five schools — one of the smallest districts in Bucks County — with a student-teacher ratio among the region’s lowest.
Is Riegelsville in the Palisades School District?
Yes. Riegelsville Borough joined the Palisades School District in 2013, transferring from the Easton Area School District across the county line — so the borough’s students now stay in Bucks County.
Does Palisades have career and technical education?
Yes. Palisades is one of the three sending districts for the Upper Bucks County Technical School in Perkasie, which its high-school students can attend for career and technical programs.
Buying into Palisades territory?
District lines, attendance zones, and feeder patterns are exactly the homework I do for buyers. Tell me what your family needs and I will map the search to it.
