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Cranberry Area School District

Seneca, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: William Vonada · #365 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,146

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,749

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Cranberry Area School District is a public school district based in Seneca, Pennsylvania, serving 1,146 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #365 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 4% of them. Its schools average 573 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is William Vonada. It spends about $15,749 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Cranberry Area compares

Cranberry AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,749

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,361

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school573

Pennsylvania median 560 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor1,146

Pennsylvania median 328 · 249% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$21.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 55%Local 36%

Measure	Cranberry Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,749	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,361	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$19.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$21.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	92	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	178	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	1,146	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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William Vonada

Superintendent, Cranberry 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
Antietam School DistrictReading	1,156	3	$14,645	13.0	#363
Apollo-Ridge School DistrictSpring Church	1,153	3	$18,279	13.6	#364
Cranberry Area School DistrictSeneca · this district	1,146	2	$15,749	12.5	#365
Mahanoy Area School DistrictMahanoy City	1,140	2	$17,766	13.4	#366
Bristol Borough School DistrictBristol	1,137	3	$16,888	12.4	#367

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wilcox CountyCamden, AL	1,147	$13,649	16.4
Manitou Springs School District No. 14Manitou Springs, CO	1,147	$13,019	12.3
Van Meter Community School DistrictVan Meter, IA	1,146	$9,272	17.6
Hatch ValleyHatch, NM	1,146	$13,122	13.8

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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