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Freeport Area School District

Sarver, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Ian Magness · #275 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,755

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,280

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

14.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Freeport Area School District is a public school district based in Sarver, Pennsylvania, serving 1,755 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #275 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 28% of them. Its schools average 439 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Ian Magness. It spends about $15,280 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher.

How Freeport Area compares

Freeport AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,280

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

Instruction spending per student$9,999

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

Students per school439

Pennsylvania median 560 · 22% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.2

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor292

Pennsylvania median 328 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 39%Local 56%

Measure	Freeport Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,280	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,999	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	124	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	242	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.2	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	292	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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Ian Magness

Superintendent, Freeport 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
Forest Hills School DistrictSidman	1,792	2	$13,987	14.2	#272
Panther Valley School DistrictLansford	1,773	3	$10,313	16.3	#273
Franklin Area School DistrictFranklin	1,768	4	$16,513	14.0	#274
Freeport Area School DistrictSarver · this district	1,755	4	$15,280	14.2	#275
Conneaut School DistrictLinesville	1,746	4	$18,216	13.1	#276

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Sioux Center Community School DistrictSioux Center, IA	1,756	$11,556	14.6
Miller Creek ElementarySan Rafael, CA	1,755	$14,040	21.9
Centerville-Abington Com SchsCenterville, IN	1,755	$8,695	15.8
Poland LocalPoland, OH	1,755	$11,849	18.1

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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