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Bensalem Township School District

Bensalem, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Victoria Velazquez · #40 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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6,416

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,129

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Pennsylvania median

14.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Bensalem Township School District is a public school district based in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, serving 6,416 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #40 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 90% of them. Its schools average 713 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Victoria Velazquez. It spends about $17,129 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher.

How Bensalem Township compares

Bensalem TownshipPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,129

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,994

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Students per school713

Pennsylvania median 560 · 27% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.0

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor377

Pennsylvania median 328 · 15% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$158.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 23%Local 73%

Measure	Bensalem Township	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,129	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,994	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$153.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$158.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	457	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	806	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.0	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	377	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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Victoria Velazquez

Superintendent, Bensalem Township 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
Bensalem Township School DistrictBensalem · this district	6,416	9	$17,129	14.0	#40
Millcreek Township School DistrictErie	6,413	9	$13,759	13.6	#41
Boyertown Area School DistrictBoyertown	6,375	9	$15,483	15.5	#42
Dallastown Area School DistrictDallastown	6,365	8	$14,873	15.4	#43
East Stroudsburg Area School DistrictEast Stroudsburg	6,353	10	$20,678	12.0	#44

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Grosse Pointe Public SchoolsGrosse Pointe Woods, MI	6,419	$16,350	16.5
Sayreville School DistrictParlin, NJ	6,415	$17,874	11.6
Livingston Board of Education School DistrictLivingston, NJ	6,410	$21,279	11.8
Granville County SchoolsOxford, NC	6,402	$10,431	18.1

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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