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Pennsylvania School Districts

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Statistics for the 61 school districts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties, plus the School District of Philadelphia

Reading the table

  • Teacher Salaries
    • Med. and Rank - the median salary for teachers, and how the district ranks, compared to others in the Pennsylvania counties in the Philadelphia area
    • High. - the average of the five highest teacher salaries
  • Spending - the amount of money spent per student, and how the district ranks, compared to others in the Pennsylvania counties in the Philadelphia area
  • Funding Sources
    • Local Share and Rank - the percentage of money that comes from local government, and how the district ranks, compared to others in the Pennsylvania counties in the Philadelphia area
    • State Share - the percentage of money that comes from the state government
    • Federal Share - the percentage of money that comes from the federal government
District Teacher Salaries Spending Funding Instruction
Med. Rank High. Per st. Rank Local
Share		 Rank State
Share		 Federal
Share		 Inst. pct. Rank
Bucks County
Bensalem $67,248 10 $72,310   $8,913 29   73% 39 25% 1%   62% 15
Bristol Borough 57,044 40 65,860   8,041 44   52 60 43 5   69 1
Bristol Township 61,337 25 69,989   8,718 33   67 49 32 1   63 12
Centennial 70,307 6 70,307   8,652 34   66 52 31 4   62 19
Central Bucks 66,896 12 72,075   7,898 47   79 27 20 1   60 34
Council Rock 81,606 1 84,054   9,499 19   78 29 22 0   64 6
Morrisville Borough 68,948 8 68,948   9,826 13   70 46 29 1   62 21
Neshaminy 65,194 16 75,881   9,467 20   78 32 22 1   63 14
New Hope-Solebury 58,102 32 70,649   10,460 9   88 1 12 0   55 55
Palisades 63,906 22 68,335   9,571 18   76 35 23 1   59 41
Pennridge 61,030 26 68,161   7,458 56   72 41 27 1   64 7
Pennsbury 63,347 23 73,045   9,199 25   77 34 23 1   64 8
Quakertown Community 72,769 3 76,599   7,696 52   71 44 29 1   66 2
Chester County
Avon Grove $44,602 57 $68,587   $6,909 62   67% 48 32% 1%   53 60
Coatesville Area 44,255 58 67,700   7,658 54   57 59 36 2   59 39
Downingtown Area 46,000 55 68,400   7,842 49   72 42 27 1   59 45
Great Valley 57,507 36 73,234   10,451 10   85 6 14 1   55 57
Kennett Consolidated 46,100 54 71,140   7,659 53   79 26 20 1   60 29
Octorara Area 49,307 50 63,197   7,797 50   66 51 32 2   61 26
Owen J Roberts 55,770 44 65,954   8,544 35   78 31 22 1   59 44
Oxford Area 43,336 61 56,403   7,137 59   60 57 39 1   60 32
Phoenixville Area 60,851 27 68,457   9,867 12   77 33 21 1   58 50
Tredyffrin/Easttown 68,900 9 74,779   11,231 5   86 3 14 0   53 61
Unionville-Chadds Ford 55,047 46 68,574   9,571 17   81 21 19 <1   56 54
West Chester Area 55,605 45 70,765   8,424 38   80 25 18 1   60 36
Delaware County
Chester Upland $54,545 47 $61,693   $7,562 55   29% 62 56% 8%   60% 30
Chichester 57,505 37 64,829   8,087 42   67 50 32 1   62 17
Garnet Valley 45,480 56 72,097   8,750 32   81 20 19 <1   55 56
Haverford Township 55,963 43 70,180   8,453 37   84 9 16 <1   56 52
Interboro 64,401 18 72,740   8,072 43   73 40 26 1   63 11
Marple Newtown 56,932 41 69,003   9,666 16   82 16 17 1   61 24
Penn-Delco 59,651 30 67,405   8,012 45   71 43 29 1   58 47
Radnor Township 71,000 4 75,925   12,419 1   87 2 13 0   59 42
Ridley 43,470 60 68,655   7,409 57   70 47 29 1   63 10
Rose Tree Media 57,658 35 70,971   10,123 11   82 18 15 0   52 62
Southeast Delco 63,085 24 72,819   7,868 48   63 55 33 3   65 5
Springfield 43,569 59 69,824   8,923 28   83 12 17 0   59 43
Upper Darby 49,283 51 74,677   7,011 60   70 45 27 2   65 4
Wallingford-Swarthmore 65,034 17 79,305   9,177 26   81 19 18 <1   60 28
William Penn 51,800 48 64,124   7,945 46   63 56 35 2   63 9
Montgomery County
Abington $64,295 19 $76,911   $9,380 23   82% 15 17% 0%   60% 35
Cheltenham Township 76,248 2 80,477   9,785 14   83 14 17 <1   61 25
Colonial 66,843 13 74,024   9,727 15   82 17 16 1   62 18
Hatboro-Horsham 67,145 11 75,217   9,442 21   80 23 17 1   62 20
Jenkintown 60,355 29 69,059   11,270 4   84 8 15 <1   65 3
Lower Merion 70,530 5 77,028   12,405 2   86 5 14 <1   61 27
Lower Moreland Township 70,000 7 70,000   10,699 6   80 24 19 1   57 51
Methacton 49,136 52 69,892   9,333 24   78 30 21 1   58 48
Norristown Area 56,568 42 68,738   9,402 22   78 28 20 2   62 16
North Penn 60,571 28 68,536   8,256 40   83 13 17 1   61 23
Perkiomen Valley 57,185 38 68,966   8,883 30   74 37 24 1   54 58
Pottsgrove 57,080 39 62,995   8,460 36   65 53 33 1   56 53
Pottstown 48,091 53 65,081   7,775 51   64 54 34 2   60 31
Souderton Area 58,400 31 67,336   8,121 41   75 36 24 1   60 33
Springfield Township 64,184 20 73,454   10,475 8   83 11 14 1   59 40
Spring-Ford Area 39,550 62 62,750   8,405 39   73 38 26 <1   54 59
Upper Dublin 65,795 15 78,149   9,023 27   84 10 15 1   58 46
Upper Merion Area 66,293 14 73,363   12,173 3   84 7 14 1   58 49
Upper Moreland Township 63,926 21 69,736   8,762 31   81 22 19 1   59 37
Upper Perkiomen 57,711 34 66,687   7,338 58   60 58 40 1   63 13
Wissahickon 57,789 33 67,928   10,696 7   86 4 14 <1   59 38
Philadelphia
Philadelphia $49,616 49 $77,007   $6,936 61   40% 61 51% 8%   62% 22

Footnotes. The data were collected from three sources. Enrollment, student demographics and teacher information came from the 1996-97 school enrollment database and the 1996-97 professional staff database, both from the New Jersey Department of Education. The "About the Students" and "Class Size" sections came from responses by the school districts to an Inquirer survey of every area district this summer. Funding sources do not include "other sources," such as budget surpluses or tuition fees from non-resident students.

** District did not answer this survey question.


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