Regular local school district · Lackawanna County
Carbondale Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Carbondale Area SD runs 2 public schools with 1,498 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.6 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 1,498
- Teachers (FTE)
- 129
- Students per teacher
- 11.6
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 Brooklyn St, Carbondale, PA 18407
- Phone
- (570)282-2507
- County
- Lackawanna County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4204980
- State district ID
- PA-119351303
- Total staff (FTE)
- 216
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 375 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.6
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 (1,462), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $28.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $15.4 million
- Local revenue
- $9.1 million
- Total spending
- $25.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,157
- Salaries
- $9.1 million36.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $17.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.4%
- State: 55.1%
- Local: 32.5%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,157
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Carbondale Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Carbondale Area JSHSCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 736 | 10.4 |
| Carbondale El SchCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 755 | 13.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lackawanna County
- Scranton SD 9,237 students
- Abington Heights SD 3,403 students
- North Pocono SD 2,879 students
- Valley View SD 2,383 students
- Mid Valley SD 1,934 students
- Riverside SD 1,504 students
- Lakeland School District 1,323 students
- Old Forge SD 986 students
- Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence CS 384 students
- Northeastern Educational IU 19 112 students
- Fell CS 111 students
- Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County 12 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.