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As of the 2021–2022 school year, the district operates 54 schools with 4,192 employees (2,070 teachers) and 20,350 students, and has a budget of $668.3 million. [3] According to the district's 2021 budget, based on the 2010 U.S. Census, the combined land area served is 55.3 square miles (143 km 2), with a population of 309,359. [4]
According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 63,248. Per District officials, in school year 2007-08 the Altoona Area School District provided basic educational services to 7,946 pupils. The district employed 569 teachers, 557 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 36 administrators.
The average per pupil expenditure was $10,738, and the pupil/teacher ratio was 15.2:1. [6] As of the 2007-2008 school year, there were 265,545 students enrolled in private K-12 schools in Pennsylvania. [7] State students consistently do well in standardized testing.
In 2009, the district residents' per capita income was $16,273 a year, while the median family income was $38,429. [4] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 [5] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. [6] In Lancaster County, the median household income was $54,765. [7]
[7] In 2009, the Hazleton Area School District resident's per capita income was $18,055, while the median family income was $42,206. [8] In Luzerne County, the median household income was $44,402. [9] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. [10] In 2014, the median household income in the United States was ...
As a result, wealthier school districts with proportionately more property owners and more expensive real estate have more funds for schools. The result is great disparities in school system expenditures per student. In 2000, the Philadelphia school district spent $6,969 a year per student.
As of the 2023-24 school year, Emmaus High School had a student enrollment of 2,819 students and 193.35 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student–teacher ratio of 14.58, according to National Center for Education Statistics data. [1] There were 861 students eligible for free lunch and 84 eligible for reduced cost lunch. [1]
Almost 12,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade attend schools in the WCASD. The class size average is more than 25 students. Over 900 teachers are employed by the WCASD, with 64 percent holding at least a master's degree. For the 2021–2022 school year, the district had a $279.5 million budget. [5]