Regular local school district · Cumberland County
Big Spring SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Big Spring SD runs 5 public schools with 2,379 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,379
- Teachers (FTE)
- 189
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 45 Mount Rock Rd, Newville, PA 17241
- Phone
- (717)776-2000
- County
- Cumberland County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203660
- State district ID
- PA-115210503
- Total staff (FTE)
- 322
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 297 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 13.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
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 (2,435), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $57.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.9 million
- State revenue
- $19.3 million
- Local revenue
- $35.9 million
- Total spending
- $51.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,277
- Salaries
- $20.1 million38.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.3%
- State: 33.8%
- Local: 62.8%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,277
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Big Spring SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Big Spring High School | High | 9 to 12 | 764 | 13.6 |
| Big Spring Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 550 | 12.2 |
| Mount Rock Elementary Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 331 | 12.7 |
| Newville El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 351 | 12.1 |
| Oak Flat El Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 348 | 10.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cumberland County
- Cumberland Valley SD 10,401 students
- Carlisle Area SD 5,180 students
- Mechanicsburg Area SD 4,717 students
- East Pennsboro Area SD 2,593 students
- South Middleton SD 2,160 students
- Camp Hill SD 1,218 students
- Capital Area IU 15 346 students
- Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center 28 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.