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Palmerton Area SD

Palmerton, Pennsylvania · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,637
Students enrolled
5
Public schools
142
Classroom teachers (FTE)
11.5:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 120
  • Grade 1 125
  • Grade 2 112
  • Grade 3 141
  • Grade 4 120
  • Grade 5 120
  • Grade 6 149
  • Grade 7 124
  • Grade 8 142
  • Grade 9 127
  • Grade 10 111
  • Grade 11 123
  • Grade 12 123

By race/ethnicity

  • White 88%
  • Hispanic/Latino 9%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Spending and revenue

$17,747 spent per student on day-to-day operations Pennsylvania median: $18,876 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $11,465
  • Support services $5,463
  • Other (food service, etc.) $818

Where the money comes from

  • Local 56%
  • State 37%
  • Federal 7%

Total revenue $43.2 milliontotal spending $40.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: FringeStudents: 80% town, 20% rural

Total staff (FTE)

256

District office

680 Fourth Street, Palmerton PA 18071

County

Carbon County

Official website

NCES District ID

4218360

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About Palmerton Area SD

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Palmerton Area School District and its community is committed to the success of all students in academics, athletics, art, music, and technology. We are fortunate to have a staff of caring, quality educators who are dedicated to our mission. Their focus is on growth, achievement, and success for our twenty-two hundred students, K-12. We are very proud of our enthusiastic, well behaved students, highly dedicated and very talented teachers and support staff, and supportive school board. We continually strive to help each of our students achieve their future dreams through a school system that remains focused on our central mission, our students.
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