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Pottsgrove School District

Pottstown, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Gregory Puckett · #157 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,957

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$17,127

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 9% above the Pennsylvania median

12.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Pottsgrove School District is a public school district based in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, serving 2,957 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #157 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 59% of them. Its schools average 591 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Gregory Puckett. It spends about $17,127 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 12.7 students per teacher.

How Pottsgrove compares

PottsgrovePennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$17,127

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 9% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$11,244

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 11% above · FY2020-21

Students per school591

Pennsylvania median 560 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.7

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 5% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor269

Pennsylvania median 328 · 18% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$67.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 3%State 31%Local 66%

Measure	Pottsgrove	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$17,127	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$11,244	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$62.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$67.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	232	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	477	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.7	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	269	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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Gregory Puckett

Superintendent, Pottsgrove 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
Pottsgrove School DistrictPottstown · this district	2,957	5	$17,127	12.7	#157
Penn Hills School DistrictPittsburgh	2,953	3	$16,061	15.2	#158
York Suburban School DistrictYork	2,925	6	$16,343	12.9	#159
Chichester School DistrictAston	2,923	6	$21,071	10.9	#160
New Castle Area School DistrictNew Castle	2,920	4	$15,432	15.4	#161

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Riverbank UnifiedRiverbank, CA	2,960	$14,276	21.1
Great Falls H SGreat Falls, MT	2,960	$10,546	15.7
Obion CountyUnion City, TN	2,959	$10,435	n/a
Dallas School District 2Dallas, OR	2,956	$12,099	18.6

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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