Lancaster Township and the City of Lancaster are served by the School District of Lancaster which has an approximate population of 11,120 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. There are 13 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and one high school separated into grades 9-10 and 11-12 located in two buildings on one campus. Bi-lingual and Special Education classes are taught. Individual preferences and skills are taken into account with the offering of different career tracks in the upper school levels. Vo-Tech, school-to-work, advanced placement classes and an International Baccalaureate program are all part of the curriculum.

Elementary Schools:
James Buchanan Elementary*
Thomas H. Burrowes Elementary*
Carter and MacRae Elementary
Robert Fulton Elementary
James Hamilton Elementary
Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
Lafayette Elementary
Elizabeth R. Martin Elementary*
John W. Price Elementary
George Ross Elementary
George Washington Elementary
Thomas Wharton Elementary
James P. Wickersham Elementary

Middle Schools:
Edward Hand Middle School
Abraham Lincoln Middle School
John F. Reynolds Middle School
Wheatland Middle School*

Senior High School:
J. P. McCaskey High School (11-12)
McCaskey East High School (9-10)

*School facility located within Lancaster Township