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Laurel Highlands School District

Uniontown, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Jesse Wallace · #179 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,690

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,926

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

13.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Laurel Highlands School District is a public school district based in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, serving 2,690 students in 6 schools. By enrollment it ranks #179 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 53% of them. Its schools average 448 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Jesse Wallace. It spends about $15,926 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.6 students per teacher.

How Laurel Highlands compares

Laurel HighlandsPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,926

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

Instruction spending per student$10,098

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

Students per school448

Pennsylvania median 560 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.6

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor336

Pennsylvania median 328 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$55.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 9%State 48%Local 43%

Measure	Laurel Highlands	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,926	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,098	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$52.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$55.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	198	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	227	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.6	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	336	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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Jesse Wallace

Superintendent, Laurel Highlands 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
Crestwood School DistrictMountain Top	2,742	3	$12,748	20.0	#177
Southern York County School DistrictGlen Rock	2,724	5	$15,764	13.4	#178
Laurel Highlands School DistrictUniontown · this district	2,690	6	$15,926	13.6	#179
Shikellamy School DistrictSunbury	2,688	5	$13,226	18.9	#180
Bangor Area School DistrictBangor	2,672	5	$16,571	13.5	#181

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Staunton City Public SchoolsStaunton, VA	2,692	$14,123	12.9
Bangor Township SchoolsBay City, MI	2,691	$10,394	15.2
Hazlet Township Public School DistrictHazlet, NJ	2,691	$21,807	12.4
HollistonHolliston, MA	2,689	$16,723	13.1

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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