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Harbor Creek School District

Harborcreek, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Buckley Cook · #225 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,090

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$14,930

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 5% below the Pennsylvania median

13.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Harbor Creek School District is a public school district based in Harborcreek, Pennsylvania, serving 2,090 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #225 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 41% of them. Its schools average 418 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Buckley Cook. It spends about $14,930 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% less than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 13.4 students per teacher.

How Harbor Creek compares

Harbor CreekPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$14,930

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$10,134

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

Students per school418

Pennsylvania median 560 · 25% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.4

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor522

Pennsylvania median 328 · 59% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$38.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 43%Local 52%

Measure	Harbor Creek	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$14,930	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,134	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$38.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	156	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	285	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.4	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	522	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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Buckley Cook

Superintendent, Harbor Creek 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
Clearfield Area School DistrictClearfield	2,094	2	$16,690	12.2	#223
Wilson Area School DistrictEaston	2,092	5	$14,362	13.7	#224
Harbor Creek School DistrictHarborcreek · this district	2,090	5	$14,930	13.4	#225
Jersey Shore Area School DistrictJersey Shore	2,089	5	$16,356	11.7	#226
General McLane School DistrictEdinboro	2,080	4	$14,727	14.2	#227

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bacon CountyAlma, GA	2,094	$12,359	13.0
Emery DistrictHuntington, UT	2,091	$12,684	17.1
Randolph CountyWedowee, AL	2,089	$11,690	16.7
Union CountyMorganfield, KY	2,087	$12,447	15.1

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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