Regular local school district · Centre County
Bellefonte Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bellefonte Area SD runs 6 public schools with 2,579 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.3 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,579
- Teachers (FTE)
- 210
- Students per teacher
- 12.3
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 318 N Allegheny St, Bellefonte, PA 16823
- Phone
- (814)355-4814
- County
- Centre County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203240
- State district ID
- PA-110141103
- Total staff (FTE)
- 403
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 287 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.3
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 (2,664), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $54.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $18.1 million
- Local revenue
- $33.9 million
- Total spending
- $50.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,935
- Salaries
- $20.7 million41.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 33.3%
- Local: 62.5%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,935
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Bellefonte Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bellefonte Area High School | High | 9 to 12 | 850 | 14.4 |
| Bellefonte Area Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 591 | 12.3 |
| Bellefonte El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 318 | 9.9 |
| Benner El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 252 | 13.3 |
| Marion-Walker El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 353 | 13.1 |
| Pleasant Gap El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 215 | 9.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Centre County
- State College Area SD 6,799 students
- Bald Eagle Area SD 1,489 students
- Penns Valley Area SD 1,271 students
- Young Scholars of Central PA CS 321 students
- Centre Learning Community CS 67 students
- Nittany Valley CS 51 students
- Central IU 10 32 students
- Central PA Institute of Science and Technology 5 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.