Philadelphia City SD
A public school district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 220 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 120,057
- Students enrolled
- 8,000.1
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 19,713
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,329
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 120,057 in 2024–25
- Ranks 20th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1st of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,329 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 66% 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
Philadelphia City SD spent $18,329 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,831 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 | $18,329 | $2.2 billion | 118,335 |
| FY2022 | $17,892 | $2.1 billion | 118,053 |
| FY2021 | $14,484 | $1.8 billion | 124,111 |
| FY2020 | $13,616 | $1.8 billion | 130,617 |
| FY2019 | $12,421 | $1.6 billion | 132,520 |
| FY2018 | $12,655 | $1.7 billion | 131,238 |
| FY2017 | $11,741 | $1.6 billion | 133,929 |
| FY2016 | $11,396 | $1.5 billion | 134,044 |
| FY2015 | $10,874 | $1.5 billion | 134,241 |
| FY2014 | $10,352 | $1.4 billion | 137,674 |
| FY2013 | $16,381 | $2.4 billion | 143,898 |
| FY2012 | $10,915 | $1.7 billion | 154,262 |
| FY2011 | $11,637 | $1.9 billion | 166,233 |
| FY2010 | $11,417 | $1.9 billion | 165,694 |
| FY2009 | $10,828 | $1.7 billion | 159,867 |
| FY2008 | $9,399 | $1.6 billion | 172,704 |
| FY2007 | $8,985 | $1.6 billion | 178,241 |
| FY2006 | $8,958 | $1.7 billion | 184,560 |
| FY2005 | $8,831 | $1.7 billion | 187,547 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $618.6 million | 13.6% |
| State | $2.0 billion | 45.1% |
| Local | $1.9 billion | 41.3% |
| Total | $4.5 billion |
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
220 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 3.
2 more columns on a wider screen
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
- 4218990
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