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Lancaster School District

Lancaster, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Keith Miles · #17 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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9,959

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$20,255

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 28% above the Pennsylvania median

11.2

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Lancaster School District is a public school district based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, serving 9,959 students in 19 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 524 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Keith Miles. It spends about $20,255 per student on day-to-day operations, 28% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 11.2 students per teacher.

How Lancaster compares

LancasterPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$20,255

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 28% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,503

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 23% above · FY2020-21

Students per school524

Pennsylvania median 560 · 6% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.2

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor293

Pennsylvania median 328 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$240.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 12%State 50%Local 38%

Measure	Lancaster	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$20,255	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,503	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$254.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$240.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	886	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,683	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.2	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	293	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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Keith Miles

Superintendent, Lancaster 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
Council Rock School DistrictNewtown	10,403	14	$19,939	13.6	#14
Cumberland Valley School DistrictMechanicsburg	10,401	11	$12,829	16.1	#15
Parkland School DistrictAllentown	9,996	12	$16,404	14.7	#16
Lancaster School DistrictLancaster · this district	9,959	19	$20,255	11.2	#17
Pennsbury School DistrictFallsington	9,475	14	$18,319	11.7	#18

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Manor ISDManor, TX	9,961	$10,610	15.7
Princeton ISDPrinceton, TX	9,956	$9,607	16.0
Lansing Public School DistrictLansing, MI	9,951	$15,882	17.1
Bonita UnifiedSan Dimas, CA	9,944	$12,084	23.8

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-pa-lancaster-school-district