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Bethlehem Area SD

A public school district in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, with 22 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

12,769
Students enrolled
991.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,980.6
All staff, full-time equivalent
$18,515
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 12,769 in 2024–25
Ranks 663rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $18,515 in fiscal year 2023
More than 67% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Bethlehem Area SD spent $18,515 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,608 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Bethlehem Area SD spent $18,515 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,608 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$18,515$240.2 million12,973
FY2022$17,060$222.4 million13,034
FY2021$15,963$207.6 million13,005
FY2020$15,311$205.5 million13,424
FY2019$14,957$204.1 million13,644
FY2018$14,463$197.2 million13,636
FY2017$13,846$190.2 million13,739
FY2016$13,231$178.7 million13,505
FY2015$12,584$172.2 million13,681
FY2014$12,184$169.4 million13,900
FY2013$12,227$174.8 million14,300
FY2012$10,475$151.1 million14,427
FY2011$10,313$154.3 million14,959
FY2010$10,060$149.7 million14,881
FY2009$9,737$147.7 million15,166
FY2008$9,956$152.4 million15,306
FY2007$9,349$143.4 million15,340
FY2006$8,796$134.0 million15,232
FY2005$8,608$129.0 million14,984

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Bethlehem Area SD by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$35.7 million9.8%
State$97.5 million26.8%
Local$229.9 million63.3%
Total$363.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

22 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Bethlehem Area SD
SchoolStudents
Asa Packer El School314
Broughal MS520
Calypso El School222
Clearview El School384
Donegan El School467
East Hills MS966
Farmersville El School357
Fountain Hill El School530
Freedom High School1,792
Freemansburg El School328
Governor Wolf El School432
Hanover El School205
James Buchanan El School253
Liberty High School2,541
Lincoln El School355
Marvine El School265
Miller Heights El School328
Nitschmann MS731
Northeast MS715
Spring Garden El School532
Thomas Jefferson El School238
William Penn El School242

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4203570

Elsewhere

Sources

Data retrieved