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Tamaqua Area School District

Tamaqua, Pennsylvania · Superintendent: Stephen Toth · #230 of 382 Pennsylvania districts by enrollment

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2,048

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,111

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 17% below the Pennsylvania median

14.6

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Pennsylvania median 13.4

Tamaqua Area School District is a public school district based in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, serving 2,048 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #230 of the 382 Pennsylvania districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 40% of them. Its schools average 512 students each, about the same as the Pennsylvania median of 560. Its superintendent is Stephen Toth. It spends about $13,111 per student on day-to-day operations, 17% less than the Pennsylvania median. It has roughly 14.6 students per teacher.

How Tamaqua Area compares

Tamaqua AreaPennsylvania median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,111

Pennsylvania median $15,764 · 17% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$8,264

Pennsylvania median $10,126 · 18% below · FY2020-21

Students per school512

Pennsylvania median 560 · 9% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.6

Pennsylvania median 13.4 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor512

Pennsylvania median 328 · 56% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$34.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 4%State 44%Local 53%

Measure	Tamaqua Area	Pennsylvania median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,111	$15,764	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,264	$10,126	FY2020-21
Total spending	$32.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$34.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	140	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	211	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.6	13.4	2024-25
Students per counselor	512	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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Stephen Toth

Superintendent, Tamaqua Area 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
Tamaqua Area School DistrictTamaqua · this district	2,048	4	$13,111	14.6	#230
Highlands School DistrictNatrona Heights	2,047	4	$16,044	12.6	#231
Hopewell Area School DistrictAliquippa	2,044	5	$17,425	14.5	#232
Northern Lebanon School DistrictFredericksburg	2,031	2	$15,368	14.5	#233
Knoch School DistrictSaxonburg	2,028	4	$14,166	14.5	#234

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
WinfieldWinfield, KS	2,050	$18,154	12.4
Wyckoff Township Public School DistrictWyckoff, NJ	2,050	$22,874	11.3
Knott CountyHindman, KY	2,049	$13,061	12.7
Brawley Union HighBrawley, CA	2,047	$13,634	22.7

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.

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