Regular local school district · Blair County
Altoona Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Altoona Area SD runs 11 public schools with 6,852 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 6,852
- Teachers (FTE)
- 531
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1201 8th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602
- Phone
- (814)946-8211
- County
- Blair County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4202340
- State district ID
- PA-108070502
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,106
- School counselors (FTE)
- 23.0About 298 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
Pennsylvania13.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (7,227), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $112.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.2 million
- State revenue
- $69.1 million
- Local revenue
- $31.6 million
- Total spending
- $125.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,415
- Salaries
- $50.9 million40.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $117.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.8%
- State: 61.2%
- Local: 28.0%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,415
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Altoona Area SD
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Altoona Area High School | High | 6 to 12 | 2,255 | 17.0 |
| Altoona Area Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,578 | 12.4 |
| Baker El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 263 | 12.5 |
| Irving El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 267 | 15.7 |
| Juniata El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 470 | 12.7 |
| Juniata Gap El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 490 | 14.0 |
| Kimmel Alternative School | High | 7 to 12 | 0 | |
| Logan El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 428 | 13.0 |
| Mowrie A Ebner El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 349 | 11.3 |
| Penn-Lincoln El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 313 | 8.7 |
| Pleasant Valley El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 439 | 12.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Blair County
- Hollidaysburg Area SD 3,079 students
- Tyrone Area SD 1,676 students
- Spring Cove SD 1,577 students
- Bellwood-Antis SD 1,114 students
- Claysburg-Kimmel SD 715 students
- Williamsburg Community SD 460 students
- Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS 194 students
- Appalachia IU 8 125 students
- Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center 60 students
More in Pennsylvania
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.