Commonwealth Charter Academy CS
A public school district in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 29,321
- Students enrolled
- 1,808.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2,217.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,549
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 29,321 in 2024–25
- Ranks 220th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 2nd of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 98% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,549 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 56% 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
Commonwealth Charter Academy CS spent $16,549 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,358 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
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $16,549 | $336.8 million | 20,355 |
| FY2022 | $13,853 | $250.6 million | 18,087 |
| FY2021 | $11,504 | $188.9 million | 16,419 |
| FY2020 | $12,688 | $117.9 million | 9,294 |
| FY2019 | $11,647 | $102.0 million | 8,761 |
| FY2018 | $12,092 | $103.9 million | 8,592 |
| FY2017 | $10,825 | $97.2 million | 8,976 |
| FY2016 | $12,059 | $107.1 million | 8,877 |
| FY2015 | $10,965 | $96.1 million | 8,768 |
| FY2014 | $10,599 | $85.2 million | 8,037 |
| FY2013 | $11,159 | $74.4 million | 6,667 |
| FY2012 | $10,713 | $59.5 million | 5,550 |
| FY2011 | $10,471 | $46.3 million | 4,424 |
| FY2010 | $10,086 | $36.8 million | 3,652 |
| FY2009 | $9,675 | $26.5 million | 2,736 |
| FY2008 | $10,005 | $17.0 million | 1,699 |
| FY2007 | $7,674 | $11.1 million | 1,449 |
| FY2006 | $6,182 | $6.2 million | 1,002 |
| FY2005 | $8,358 | $5.2 million | 626 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $17.9 million | 4.2% |
| State | $498.0 thousand | 0.1% |
| Local | $402.7 million | 95.6% |
| Total | $421.1 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
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Commonwealth Charter Academy CS | 29,320 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 4200119
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Pennsylvania — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Pennsylvania — A to Z, each with its page.
- Pennsylvania on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved