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Avella Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Avella Area SD runs 2 public schools with 473 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 9.5 students per teacher is 4.0 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 473
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50
- Students per teacher
- 9.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1000 Avella Rd, Avella, PA 15312
- Phone
- (724)356-2218
- County
- Washington County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4202760
- State district ID
- PA-101630504
- Total staff (FTE)
- 87
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.5
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 (518), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $890,000
- State revenue
- $6.8 million
- Local revenue
- $3.8 million
- Total spending
- $11.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,726
- Salaries
- $5.0 million44.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 59.5%
- Local: 32.8%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,726
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Avella Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Avella Area JSHS | High | 7 to 12 | 228 | 8.8 |
| Avella El Center | Elementary | K to 6 | 242 | 10.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Washington County
- Canon-McMillan SD 5,480 students
- Peters Township SD 4,013 students
- Trinity Area SD 3,316 students
- Ringgold SD 2,455 students
- McGuffey SD 1,530 students
- Dunmore SD 1,506 students
- Washington SD 1,471 students
- Charleroi SD 1,384 students
- Chartiers-Houston SD 1,238 students
- Bentworth SD 1,074 students
- Bethlehem-Center SD 939 students
- California Area SD 939 students
- Burgettstown Area SD 929 students
- Fort Cherry SD 928 students
- Intermediate Unit 1 195 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.