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Manheim Central School District

Manheim, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Ryan Axe · #172 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,780

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,860

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

13.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Manheim Central School District is a public school district based in Manheim, Pennsylvania, serving 2,780 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #172 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 55% of them. Its schools average 695 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Ryan Axe. It spends about $15,860 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.7 students per teacher.

How Manheim Central compares

Manheim CentralPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,860

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

Instruction spending per student$9,602

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 5% below · FY2020-21

Students per school695

Pennsylvania median 560 · 24% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.7

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$60.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 27%Local 68%

Measure	Manheim Central	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,860	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,602	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$57.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$60.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	203	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	426	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.7	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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Ryan Axe

Superintendent, Manheim Central 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	2,783	5	$17,656	13.2	#171
Manheim Central School DistrictManheim · this district	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
Deer Park School DistrictDeer Park, WA	2,783	$12,655	19.2
Greene County Public SchoolsStanardsville, VA	2,781	$11,789	13.7
Parkrose School District 3Portland, OR	2,780	$13,262	17.8
Harper Creek Community SchoolsBattle Creek, MI	2,778	$11,558	17.6

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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