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Pennsylvania school systems.

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514school systems
2,664operating schools connected
1,506,485students in finance records
496complete 2019–2024 finance trends
0governance layers connected
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Pennsylvania school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 496 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$18,877Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+0.9%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+23.8%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-3.8%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems496 systems in every year
2019202020212022202320241,562,2301,502,978
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$21,767$21,054

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Central Cambria SD

Ebensburg, PA

Students
1,532
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,372
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Ellwood City Area SD

Ellwood City, PA

Students
1,527
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,420

+2.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Bald Eagle Area SD

Wingate, PA

Students
1,524
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$20,417

+1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Bloomsburg Area SD

Bloomsburg, PA

Students
1,524
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$17,724

-6.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Penn Cambria SD

Cresson, PA

Students
1,521
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$15,479

-1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.3% enrollment

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Salisbury Township SD

Allentown, PA

Students
1,509
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$21,783

-6.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Girard SD

Girard, PA

Students
1,508
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,818

+6.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment

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Riverside SD

Taylor, PA

Students
1,497
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,193

-0.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.3% enrollment

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North East SD

North East, PA

Students
1,496
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,023

+4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.8% enrollment

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Carbondale Area SD

Carbondale, PA

Students
1,494
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$17,390

-4.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Towanda Area SD

Towanda, PA

Students
1,489
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,580

+0.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.1% enrollment

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Catasauqua Area SD

Catasauqua, PA

Students
1,485
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$20,624

+4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.2% enrollment

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Annville-Cleona SD

Annville, PA

Students
1,481
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$17,835

+5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.1% enrollment

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Pine Grove Area SD

Pine Grove, PA

Students
1,470
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,641

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.7% enrollment

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Mohawk Area SD

New Castle, PA

Students
1,466
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,418

-7.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.0% enrollment

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Oley Valley SD

Oley, PA

Students
1,462
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$21,332

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.9% enrollment

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Dunmore SD

Dunmore, PA

Students
1,459
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,301

+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.7% enrollment

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River Valley SD

Blairsville, PA

Students
1,457
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$22,801

+1.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.8% enrollment

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Westmont Hilltop SD

Johnstown, PA

Students
1,454
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$14,669

-8.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -0.9% enrollment

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Washington SD

Washington, PA

Students
1,446
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,121

-1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment

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Warrior Run SD

Turbotville, PA

Students
1,440
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$16,985

+6.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.6% enrollment

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Central Greene SD

Waynesburg, PA

Students
1,436
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$19,604

-1.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.9% enrollment

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East Allegheny SD

North Versailles, PA

Students
1,431
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$21,811

+5.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Pen Argyl Area SD

Pen Argyl, PA

Students
1,429
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,810

-3.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.9% enrollment

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Riverside Beaver County SD

Ellwood City, PA

Students
1,428
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$16,646

-9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.2% enrollment

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Wellsboro Area SD

Wellsboro, PA

Students
1,427
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$19,003

+8.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment

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Brownsville Area SD

Brownsville, PA

Students
1,423
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,748

+5.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.9% enrollment

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South Allegheny SD

Mc Keesport, PA

Students
1,423
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,588

+5.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment

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Troy Area SD

Troy, PA

Students
1,399
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,760

-3.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.8% enrollment

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Charleroi SD

Charleroi, PA

Students
1,384
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,740

+10.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.2% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.