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Catasauqua Area School District

Catasauqua, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Christina Lutz-Doemling · #298 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,537

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,465

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 11% above the Pennsylvania median

13.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Catasauqua Area School District is a public school district based in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, serving 1,537 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #298 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 22% of them. Its schools average 512 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Christina Lutz-Doemling. It spends about $17,465 per student on day-to-day operations, 11% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 13.1 students per teacher.

How Catasauqua Area compares

Catasauqua AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,465

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

Instruction spending per student$10,908

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 8% above · FY2020-21

Students per school512

Pennsylvania median 560 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.1

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor256

Pennsylvania median 328 · 22% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$34.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 29%Local 64%

Measure	Catasauqua Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,465	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,908	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$34.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	117	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	249	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.1	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	256	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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Christina Lutz-Doemling

Superintendent, Catasauqua Area 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
Mount Carmel Area School DistrictMount Carmel	1,558	3	$13,111	10.7	#297
Catasauqua Area School DistrictCatasauqua · this district	1,537	3	$17,465	13.1	#298
Richland School DistrictJohnstown	1,531	2	$13,634	14.2	#299
McGuffey School DistrictClaysville	1,530	4	$17,786	12.5	#300
Ellwood City Area School DistrictEllwood City	1,520	4	$16,269	12.3	#301

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Leslie CountyHyden, KY	1,538	$11,803	14.8
Robinson CUSD 2Robinson, IL	1,537	$13,216	13.7
Central BerkshireDalton, MA	1,537	$18,794	12.3
Greenon LocalEnon, OH	1,537	$11,043	18.3

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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