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Gettysburg Area School District

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Jeffrey Matzner · #171 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,783

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,656

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 12% above the Pennsylvania median

13.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Gettysburg Area School District is a public school district based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, serving 2,783 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #171 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 557 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Jeffrey Matzner. It spends about $17,656 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 13.2 students per teacher.

How Gettysburg Area compares

Gettysburg AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,656

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 12% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,892

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

Students per school557

Pennsylvania median 560 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.2

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor348

Pennsylvania median 328 · 6% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$66.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 29%Local 66%

Measure	Gettysburg Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,656	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,892	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$68.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$66.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	211	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	399	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.2	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	348	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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Jeffrey Matzner

Superintendent, Gettysburg 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
Gettysburg Area School DistrictGettysburg · this district	2,783	5	$17,656	13.2	#171
Manheim Central School DistrictManheim	2,780	4	$15,860	13.7	#172
Wallenpaupack Area School DistrictHawley	2,766	5	$24,584	9.8	#173
Lampeter-Strasburg School DistrictLancaster	2,761	5	$15,580	15.1	#174
Donegal School DistrictMount Joy	2,750	4	$14,456	15.4	#175

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Wapakoneta CityWapakoneta, OH	2,786	$10,779	19.9
Tri-Valley LocalDresden, OH	2,785	$10,857	20.2
Deer Park School DistrictDeer Park, WA	2,783	$12,655	19.2
Greene County Public SchoolsStanardsville, VA	2,781	$11,789	13.7

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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