Purchase Line SD
A public school district in Commodore, Pennsylvania, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 726
- Students enrolled
- 61
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 159.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,512
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 726 in 2024–25
- Ranks 9,080th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 513th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 48% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,512 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 81% 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
Purchase Line SD spent $22,512 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,398 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
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $22,512 | $17.8 million | 789 |
| FY2022 | $20,535 | $17.0 million | 828 |
| FY2021 | $19,445 | $16.3 million | 839 |
| FY2020 | $19,583 | $16.7 million | 851 |
| FY2019 | $20,560 | $16.7 million | 812 |
| FY2018 | $19,330 | $16.5 million | 854 |
| FY2017 | $18,037 | $16.0 million | 887 |
| FY2016 | $17,728 | $15.7 million | 886 |
| FY2015 | $15,890 | $15.0 million | 946 |
| FY2014 | $15,381 | $15.0 million | 978 |
| FY2013 | $16,058 | $15.7 million | 978 |
| FY2012 | $15,208 | $15.4 million | 1,014 |
| FY2011 | $15,175 | $15.7 million | 1,035 |
| FY2010 | $14,618 | $15.5 million | 1,060 |
| FY2009 | $12,779 | $14.0 million | 1,095 |
| FY2008 | $12,857 | $14.4 million | 1,119 |
| FY2007 | $11,824 | $13.9 million | 1,177 |
| FY2006 | $10,950 | $13.3 million | 1,214 |
| FY2005 | $10,398 | $12.6 million | 1,210 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.0 million | 13.1% |
| State | $15.2 million | 67.4% |
| Local | $4.4 million | 19.5% |
| Total | $22.6 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Purchase Line El School | 353 |
| Purchase Line JSHS | 363 |
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
- 4219830
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