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Susquenita School District

Duncannon, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Jon Fox · #280 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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1,705

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$15,023

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Pennsylvania median

12.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Susquenita School District is a public school district based in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, serving 1,705 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #280 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 27% of them. Its schools average 568 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Jon Fox. It spends about $15,023 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.5 students per teacher.

How Susquenita compares

SusquenitaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$15,023

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

Instruction spending per student$9,307

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Students per school568

Pennsylvania median 560 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.5

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor284

Pennsylvania median 328 · 13% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 46%Local 50%

Measure	Susquenita	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$15,023	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$9,307	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$33.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	136	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	205	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.5	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	284	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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Jon Fox

Superintendent, Susquenita 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
Deer Lakes School DistrictCheswick	1,713	4	$17,052	12.4	#278
Mifflinburg Area School DistrictMifflinburg	1,706	4	$15,642	11.6	#279
Susquenita School DistrictDuncannon · this district	1,705	3	$15,023	12.5	#280
Huntingdon Area School DistrictHuntingdon	1,702	4	$15,766	11.1	#281
Littlestown Area School DistrictLittlestown	1,697	3	$14,839	12.7	#282

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Parker Unified School District (4510)Parker, AZ	1,707	$11,277	16.9
Monticello CUSD 25Monticello, IL	1,707	$14,960	14.1
Window Rock Unified District (4154)Fort Defiance, AZ	1,705	$14,218	17.8
Ripon Area School DistrictRipon, WI	1,705	$11,154	13.6

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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