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Steel Valley School District

Munhall, Pennsylvania · Acting Superintendent: Brian Plichta · #325 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,429

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,996

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 40% above the Pennsylvania median

11.3

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Steel Valley School District is a public school district based in Munhall, Pennsylvania, serving 1,429 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #325 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 15% of them. Its schools average 357 students each, fewer than the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its acting superintendent is Brian Plichta. It spends about $21,996 per student on day-to-day operations, 40% more than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 11.3 students per teacher.

How Steel Valley compares

Steel ValleyPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,996

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 40% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$14,009

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 38% above · FY2020-21

Students per school357

Pennsylvania median 560 · 36% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher11.3

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor286

Pennsylvania median 328 · 13% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$40.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 11%State 40%Local 49%

Measure	Steel Valley	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,996	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$14,009	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$40.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$40.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	127	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	238	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	11.3	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	286	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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Brian Plichta

Acting Superintendent, Steel Valley 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
Annville-Cleona School DistrictAnnville	1,435	4	$14,261	13.5	#321
River Valley School DistrictBlairsville	1,433	4	$21,932	12.5	#323
Central Greene School DistrictWaynesburg	1,433	2	$16,973	12.0	#324
Steel Valley School DistrictMunhall · this district	1,429	4	$21,996	11.3	#325
East Allegheny School DistrictNorth Versailles	1,425	2	$18,111	13.0	#326

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Maercker School District 60Westmont, IL	1,430	$17,873	13.8
Kingsley Area SchoolsKingsley, MI	1,430	$10,888	16.8
Mathis ISDMathis, TX	1,429	$12,464	13.4
Columbia School DistrictBrooklyn, MI	1,428	$10,499	15.7

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-steel-valley-school-district