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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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Cheltenham SD

Elkins Park, PA

Students
4,232
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$26,617

-5.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.8% enrollment

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Hatboro-Horsham SD

Horsham, PA

Students
4,209
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$38,910

+71.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.6% enrollment

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Rose Tree Media SD

Media, PA

Students
4,188
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$23,128

-8.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +7.1% enrollment

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Fox Chapel Area SD

Pittsburgh, PA

Students
4,181
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$23,880

-13.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.1% enrollment

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Whitehall-Coplay SD

Whitehall, PA

Students
4,169
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$17,635

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Moon Area SD

Moon Township, PA

Students
4,113
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$18,109

-10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · +6.8% enrollment

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Upper Dublin SD

Maple Glen, PA

Students
4,102
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$22,736

-11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.2% enrollment

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Pleasant Valley SD

Brodheadsville, PA

Students
4,100
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,537

-11.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.3% enrollment

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Southeast Delco SD

Folcroft, PA

Students
4,088
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$19,138

+7.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Governor Mifflin SD

Shillington, PA

Students
4,085
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$16,364

-6.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.1% enrollment

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Bethel Park SD

Bethel Park, PA

Students
4,021
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$21,258

-2.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.1% enrollment

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Phoenixville Area SD

Phoenixville, PA

Students
4,015
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$21,096

-1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.3% enrollment

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Peters Township SD

McMurray, PA

Students
3,986
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$16,804

-1.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.1% enrollment

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Ephrata Area SD

Ephrata, PA

Students
3,985
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$18,352

+10.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.5% enrollment

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Upper St. Clair SD

Pittsburgh, PA

Students
3,967
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$22,251

+1.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -2.2% enrollment

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Spring Grove Area SD

Spring Grove, PA

Students
3,930
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$17,795

-3.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.2% enrollment

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Marple Newtown SD

Newtown Square, PA

Students
3,925
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$21,193

-13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +16.4% enrollment

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Conestoga Valley SD

Lancaster, PA

Students
3,907
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$18,512

+11.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.6% enrollment

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Exeter Township SD

Reading, PA

Students
3,902
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$18,716

-4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.6% enrollment

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Northeastern York SD

Manchester, PA

Students
3,884
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$17,126

-2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.1% enrollment

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Kennett Consolidated SD

Kennett Square, PA

Students
3,874
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$19,974

+4.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.5% enrollment

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Warren County SD

Russell, PA

Students
3,860
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$20,378

+3.9% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.5% enrollment

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Penn-Trafford SD

Export, PA

Students
3,853
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$15,562

-2.3% spending / pupil after inflation · +0.4% enrollment

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Shaler Area SD

Glenshaw, PA

Students
3,801
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$22,405

+7.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.7% enrollment

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Warwick SD

Lititz, PA

Students
3,768
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$18,087

+5.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.8% enrollment

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Unionville-Chadds Ford SD

Kennett Square, PA

Students
3,747
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$23,159

+2.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.2% enrollment

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Conewago Valley SD

New Oxford, PA

Students
3,734
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$17,248

+10.2% spending / pupil after inflation · -3.5% enrollment

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Wallingford-Swarthmore SD

Wallingford, PA

Students
3,707
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$23,671

+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.7% enrollment

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Shippensburg Area SD

Shippensburg, PA

Students
3,671
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$15,616

+4.1% spending / pupil after inflation · +9.1% enrollment

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Elizabethtown Area SD

Elizabethtown, PA

Students
3,640
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,063

+5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.5% 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.