Residents of the southern portion of Hector Township may attend the local, public schools operated by Galeton Area School District which provides taxpayer funded preschool, as well as, full day kindergarten through 12th grade. The District's enrollment declined to 362 students preschool through 12th grade, in 2013. Galeton Area School District ranked 409th out of 500 public schools for academic achievement of its pupils in 2013. In 2013, Hector Township residents, who lived in the Galeton Area School District, paid a total property taxes of 55.0137 mills (GASD - 37.0137 mills, Township - 3 mills, county - 15 mills).