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Franklin Regional School District

Murrysville, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Gennaro Piraino · #138 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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3,303

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,426

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

14.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Franklin Regional School District is a public school district based in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, serving 3,303 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #138 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 64% of them. Its schools average 826 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Gennaro Piraino. It spends about $16,426 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.1 students per teacher.

How Franklin Regional compares

Franklin RegionalPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,426

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

Instruction spending per student$10,925

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

Students per school826

Pennsylvania median 560 · 48% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.1

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 5% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor275

Pennsylvania median 328 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$62.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 28%Local 69%

Measure	Franklin Regional	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,426	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,925	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$88.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$62.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	234	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	406	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.1	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	275	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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Gennaro Piraino

Superintendent, Franklin Regional 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
Connellsville Area School DistrictConnellsville	3,328	6	$15,031	12.8	#135
Keystone Central School DistrictMill Hall	3,325	9	$18,082	13.3	#136
Trinity Area School DistrictWashington	3,316	7	$15,985	13.4	#137
Franklin Regional School DistrictMurrysville · this district	3,303	4	$16,426	14.1	#138
Kiski Area School DistrictVandergrift	3,297	6	$14,044	16.7	#139

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South Sanpete DistrictManti, UT	3,305	$10,406	19.0
Mineral Wells ISDMineral Wells, TX	3,303	$11,966	15.3
Marion CountyHamilton, AL	3,302	$10,327	17.0
Flemington-Raritan Regional School DistrictFlemington, NJ	3,302	$24,762	10.1

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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