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Ellwood City Area School District

Ellwood City, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Amy Anderson · #301 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,520

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,269

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

12.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Ellwood City Area School District is a public school district based in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, serving 1,520 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #301 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 21% of them. Its schools average 380 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Amy Anderson. It spends about $16,269 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.3 students per teacher.

How Ellwood City Area compares

Ellwood City AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,269

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

Instruction spending per student$10,646

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 5% above · FY2020-21

Students per school380

Pennsylvania median 560 · 32% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.3

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 8% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor380

Pennsylvania median 328 · 16% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$31.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 58%Local 33%

Measure	Ellwood City Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,269	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,646	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$31.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	124	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	230	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.3	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	380	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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Amy Anderson

Superintendent, Ellwood City 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
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 · this district	1,520	4	$16,269	12.3	#301
Loyalsock Township School DistrictWilliamsport	1,510	3	$12,952	14.0	#302
Dunmore School DistrictDunmore	1,506	2	$13,751	13.8	#303

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Soquel Union ElementaryCapitola, CA	1,520	$11,728	22.4
TivertonTiverton, RI	1,520	$18,853	12.5
BourneBourne, MA	1,519	$22,658	10.3
Red Lake Public School DistrictRed Lake, MN	1,519	$24,211	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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