District profile / Pennsylvania

Parkland School District

Allentown, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Mark Madson · #16 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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9,996

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$16,404

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

14.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Parkland School District is a public school district based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, serving 9,996 students in 12 schools. By enrollment it ranks #16 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 96% of them. Its schools average 833 students each, more than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Mark Madson. It spends about $16,404 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.7 students per teacher.

How Parkland compares

ParklandPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$16,404

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

Instruction spending per student$10,826

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 7% above · FY2020-21

Students per school833

Pennsylvania median 560 · 49% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.7

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 10% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor357

Pennsylvania median 328 · 9% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$194.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 19%Local 77%

Measure	Parkland	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$16,404	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$10,826	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$197.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$194.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	679	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,497	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.7	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	357	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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Mark Madson

Superintendent, Parkland 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 · this district	9,996	12	$16,404	14.7	#16
Lancaster School DistrictLancaster	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
Sumter CountyBushnell, FL	10,013	$10,902	15.4
Freehold Regional High School DistrictEnglishtown, NJ	10,005	$18,409	15.0
Grand Island Public SchoolsGrand Island, NE	9,983	$12,446	15.5
Oconee 01Walhalla, SC	9,978	$13,257	12.8

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-parkland-school-district