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Council Rock School District

Newtown, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Andrew Sanko · #14 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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10,403

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$19,939

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 26% above the Pennsylvania median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Council Rock School District is a public school district based in Newtown, Pennsylvania, serving 10,403 students in 14 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 97% of them. Its schools average 743 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Andrew Sanko. It spends about $19,939 per student on day-to-day operations, 26% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Council Rock compares

Council RockPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$19,939

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 26% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,204

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 40% above · FY2020-21

Students per school743

Pennsylvania median 560 · 33% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor315

Pennsylvania median 328 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$257.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 22%Local 76%

Measure	Council Rock	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$19,939	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,204	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$247.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$257.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	765	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,436	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	315	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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Andrew Sanko

Superintendent, Council Rock 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
Erie City School DistrictErie	10,593	15	$14,138	12.9	#13
Council Rock School DistrictNewtown · this district	10,403	14	$19,939	13.6	#14
Cumberland Valley School DistrictMechanicsburg	10,401	11	$12,829	16.1	#15
Parkland School DistrictAllentown	9,996	12	$16,404	14.7	#16
Lancaster School DistrictLancaster	9,959	19	$20,255	11.2	#17

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
LawrenceLawrence, KS	10,443	$11,354	14.4
Bloomington Public SchoolsBloomington, MN	10,442	$15,557	14.6
St. JosephSt Joseph, MO	10,430	$11,027	13.0
Pueblo County School District 70Pueblo, CO	10,386	$9,321	18.4

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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