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Haverford Township School District

Havertown, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Matthew Hayes · #39 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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6,511

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,541

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Haverford Township School District is a public school district based in Havertown, Pennsylvania, serving 6,511 students in 7 schools. By enrollment it ranks #39 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 90% of them. Its schools average 930 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Matthew Hayes. It spends about $16,541 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Haverford Township compares

Haverford TownshipPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,541

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

Instruction spending per student$10,774

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 6% above · FY2020-21

Students per school930

Pennsylvania median 560 · 66% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor296

Pennsylvania median 328 · 10% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$132.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 17%Local 82%

Measure	Haverford Township	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,541	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,774	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$143.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$132.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	445	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	856	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	296	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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Matthew Hayes

Superintendent, Haverford Township 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
Harrisburg City School DistrictHarrisburg	6,578	12	$14,871	15.8	#37
Wilson School DistrictWest Lawn	6,575	8	$15,284	12.8	#38
Haverford Township School DistrictHavertown · this district	6,511	7	$16,541	14.6	#39
Bensalem Township School DistrictBensalem	6,416	9	$17,129	14.0	#40
Millcreek Township School DistrictErie	6,413	9	$13,759	13.6	#41

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Monroe-Woodbury Central School DistrictCentral Valley, NY	6,506	$25,469	12.7
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School DistrictBuffalo, NY	6,505	$22,147	10.9
East Hartford School DistrictEast Hartford, CT	6,504	$20,984	11.8
Richmond County SchoolsHamlet, NC	6,504	$10,999	17.4

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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