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Apollo-Ridge School District

Spring Church, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Courtney Anderson · #364 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,153

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$18,279

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 16% above the Pennsylvania median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Apollo-Ridge School District is a public school district based in Spring Church, Pennsylvania, serving 1,153 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #364 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 5% of them. Its schools average 384 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Courtney Anderson. It spends about $18,279 per student on day-to-day operations, 16% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Apollo-Ridge compares

Apollo-RidgePennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$18,279

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 16% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,451

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school384

Pennsylvania median 560 · 31% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor288

Pennsylvania median 328 · 12% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$25.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 61%Local 33%

Measure	Apollo-Ridge	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$18,279	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,451	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$24.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$25.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	85	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	171	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	288	328	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Pennsylvania median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Courtney Anderson

Superintendent, Apollo-Ridge School District

Source: Pennsylvania Department of Education, EdNA, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in Pennsylvania

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Freedom Area School DistrictFreedom	1,167	3	$15,748	12.0	#362
Antietam School DistrictReading	1,156	3	$14,645	13.0	#363
Apollo-Ridge School DistrictSpring Church · this district	1,153	3	$18,279	13.6	#364
Cranberry Area School DistrictSeneca	1,146	2	$15,749	12.5	#365
Mahanoy Area School DistrictMahanoy City	1,140	2	$17,766	13.4	#366

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Dewitt School DistrictDeWitt, AR	1,153	$11,174	10.3
Sparta CUSD 140Sparta, IL	1,153	$14,987	13.4
Clinton Prairie School CorporationFrankfort, IN	1,153	$8,435	13.3
Royalton-Hartland Central School DistrictMiddleport, NY	1,153	$18,894	11.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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