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Blackhawk School District

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Johannah Vanatta · #203 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,326

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,096

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% below the Pennsylvania median

15.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Blackhawk School District is a public school district based in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, serving 2,326 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #203 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 47% of them. Its schools average 582 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Johannah Vanatta. It spends about $14,096 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% less than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 15.3 students per teacher.

How Blackhawk compares

BlackhawkPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,096

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 11% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$9,174

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

Students per school582

Pennsylvania median 560 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.3

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 14% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor582

Pennsylvania median 328 · 77% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$40.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 45%Local 51%

Measure	Blackhawk	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,096	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,174	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$38.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$40.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	152	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	273	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.3	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	582	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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Johannah Vanatta

Superintendent, Blackhawk 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
Blackhawk School DistrictBeaver Falls · this district	2,326	4	$14,096	15.3	#203
Eastern Lebanon County School DistrictMyerstown	2,323	5	$16,504	13.1	#204
Elizabeth Forward School DistrictElizabeth	2,317	6	$16,208	13.3	#205
Greater Nanticoke Area School DistrictNanticoke	2,293	4	$12,437	17.1	#206
Middletown Area School DistrictMiddletown	2,284	5	$17,022	12.1	#207

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
North ReadingNorth Reading, MA	2,327	$19,987	11.4
CCSD 146Tinley Park, IL	2,325	$22,078	12.0
Borger ISDBorger, TX	2,325	$10,557	12.6
Waverly-Shell Rock Community School DistrictWaverly, IA	2,323	$11,634	13.6

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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