Regular local school district · Schuylkill County
Blue Mountain SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Blue Mountain SD runs 4 public schools with 2,424 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 0.8 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,424
- Teachers (FTE)
- 191
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 685 Red Dale Rd, Orwigsburg, PA 17961
- Phone
- (570)366-0515
- County
- Schuylkill County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4203870
- State district ID
- PA-129540803
- Total staff (FTE)
- 426
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 346 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
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 (2,459), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.9 million
- State revenue
- $18.0 million
- Local revenue
- $28.3 million
- Total spending
- $48.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,865
- Salaries
- $18.0 million36.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $42.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 36.6%
- Local: 57.6%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,865
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Blue Mountain SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Blue Mountain El East School | Elementary | K to 5 | 609 | 12.7 |
| Blue Mountain El West Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 451 | 12.9 |
| Blue Mountain High School | High | 9 to 12 | 791 | 12.0 |
| Blue Mountain Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 561 | 14.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Schuylkill County
- Pottsville Area SD 2,589 students
- North Schuylkill SD 2,074 students
- Tamaqua Area SD 2,048 students
- Pine Grove Area SD 1,469 students
- Shenandoah Valley SD 1,283 students
- Schuylkill Haven Area SD 1,172 students
- Mahanoy Area SD 1,140 students
- Minersville Area SD 1,050 students
- Tri-Valley SD 882 students
- Saint Clair Area SD 551 students
- Gillingham Charter School 233 students
- Schuylkill IU 29 172 students
- Schuylkill Technology Centers 1 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.