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Bensalem Township SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Bensalem Township SD runs 9 public schools with 6,416 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 14.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 6,416
- Teachers (FTE)
- 457
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3000 Donallen Dr, Bensalem, PA 19020
- Phone
- (215)750-2800
- County
- Bucks County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203330
- State district ID
- PA-122091002
- Total staff (FTE)
- 806
- School counselors (FTE)
- 17.0About 377 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.0
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 (6,255), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $158.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.5 million
- State revenue
- $36.5 million
- Local revenue
- $115.7 million
- Total spending
- $153.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,461
- Salaries
- $60.1 million39.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $98.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 23.0%
- Local: 72.9%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,461
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Bensalem Township SD
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Belmont Hills El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 580 | 14.9 |
| Benjamin Rush El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 446 | 13.9 |
| Bensalem Twp High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,151 | 14.6 |
| Cecelia Snyder Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 453 | 12.2 |
| Cornwells El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 556 | 17.4 |
| Robert K Shafer Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 552 | 12.8 |
| Russell C Struble El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 496 | 12.1 |
| Samuel K Faust El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 546 | 12.7 |
| Valley El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 588 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bucks County
- Central Bucks SD 16,941 students
- Council Rock SD 10,403 students
- Pennsbury SD 9,475 students
- Neshaminy SD 9,419 students
- Pennridge SD 5,987 students
- Bristol Township SD 5,985 students
- Centennial SD 5,319 students
- Quakertown Community SD 4,587 students
- Bucks County Technical High School 1,415 students
- School Lane CS 1,381 students
- Palisades SD 1,377 students
- New Hope-Solebury SD 1,245 students
- Bristol Borough SD 1,137 students
- Morrisville Borough SD 838 students
- Bucks County IU 22 640 students
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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.