Pennsylvania · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Pennsylvania
The 50 Pennsylvania districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
- $39,843
- Top per-pupil spend
- $24,621
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Farrell Area Sd spends $39,843 per student, the most of any Pennsylvania district listed, against an average of $24,621 across the top 50.
- $39,843
- top spend (Farrell Area Sd)
- $22,223
- lowest on this list
- 1.8×
- spread across the listed districts
- 643
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Farrell Area SdFarrell | $39,843 |
| 2 | Wilkinsburg Borough SdWilkinsburg | $31,927 |
| 3 | Lower Merion SdArdmore | $31,409 |
| 4 | New Hope-Solebury SdNew Hope | $30,041 |
| 5 | Propel Cs-HomesteadHomestead | $28,969 |
| 6 | Wallenpaupack Area SdHawley | $28,184 |
| 7 | Palisades SdKintnersville | $27,789 |
| 8 | Cornell SdCoraopolis | $27,454 |
| 9 | Radnor Township SdWayne | $26,116 |
| 10 | Western Wayne SdLake Ariel | $25,965 |
| 11 | Cheltenham SdElkins Park | $25,323 |
| 12 | Eugenio Maria De Hostos CsPhiladelphia | $25,250 |
| 13 | Sullivan County SdLaporte | $24,833 |
| 14 | Chichester SdAston | $24,785 |
| 15 | Quaker Valley SdLeetsdale | $24,662 |
| 16 | Bluford CsPhiladelphia | $24,518 |
| 17 | South Side Area SdHookstown | $24,426 |
| 18 | Steel Valley SdMunhall | $24,354 |
| 19 | Pequea Valley SdKinzers | $24,204 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh SdPittsburgh | $24,008 |
| 21 | Hatboro-Horsham SdHorsham | $23,788 |
| 22 | Allegheny-Clarion Valley SdFoxburg | $23,772 |
| 23 | Woodland Hills SdN. Braddock | $23,641 |
| 24 | Pocono Mountain SdSwiftwater | $23,600 |
| 25 | Rochester Area SdRochester | $23,502 |
| 26 | Northgate SdPittsburgh | $23,464 |
| 27 | Environmental Cs at Frick ParkPittsburgh | $23,365 |
| 28 | Upper Merion Area SdKing of Prussia | $23,363 |
| 29 | Southern Fulton SdWarfordsburg | $23,353 |
| 30 | Wayne Highlands SdHonesdale | $23,291 |
| 31 | Fox Chapel Area SdPittsburgh | $23,272 |
| 32 | Kutztown Area SdKutztown | $23,158 |
| 33 | Millville Area SdMillville | $22,889 |
| 34 | Brandywine Heights Area SdTopton | $22,887 |
| 35 | Methacton SdEagleville | $22,703 |
| 36 | Garnet Valley SdGlen Mills | $22,697 |
| 37 | Colonial SdPlymouth Meeting | $22,679 |
| 38 | River Valley SdBlairsville | $22,662 |
| 39 | Carlynton SdCarnegie | $22,641 |
| 40 | Tulpehocken Area SdBethel | $22,587 |
| 41 | Penns Manor Area SdClymer | $22,529 |
| 42 | Purchase Line SdCommodore | $22,512 |
| 43 | Lancaster SdLancaster | $22,507 |
| 44 | Belmont CsPhiladelphia | $22,397 |
| 45 | West Greene SdWaynesburg | $22,390 |
| 46 | Rose Tree Media SdMedia | $22,328 |
| 47 | Wallingford-Swarthmore SdWallingford | $22,293 |
| 48 | Forest City Regional SdForest City | $22,248 |
| 49 | Upper Dublin SdMaple Glen | $22,224 |
| 50 | Kipp Philadelphia CsPhiladelphia | $22,223 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.