Regular local school district · Westmoreland County
Derry Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Derry Area SD runs 3 public schools with 1,809 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.9 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,809
- Teachers (FTE)
- 140
- Students per teacher
- 12.9
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 982 N Chestnut Street Ext, Derry, PA 15627
- Phone
- (724)694-1401
- County
- Westmoreland County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4207560
- State district ID
- PA-107651603
- Total staff (FTE)
- 278
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 362 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.9
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 (1,837), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $38.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $20.6 million
- Local revenue
- $15.1 million
- Total spending
- $35.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,040
- Salaries
- $14.6 million41.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.1%
- State: 53.6%
- Local: 39.3%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,040
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Derry Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Derry Area Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 440 | 11.9 |
| Derry Area SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 598 | 13.3 |
| Grandview El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 753 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Westmoreland County
- Hempfield Area SD 5,062 students
- Norwin SD 4,986 students
- Penn-Trafford SD 3,789 students
- Greater Latrobe SD 3,357 students
- Franklin Regional SD 3,303 students
- Kiski Area SD 3,297 students
- Greensburg Salem SD 2,457 students
- Belle Vernon Area SD 2,426 students
- New Kensington-Arnold SD 1,991 students
- Mount Pleasant Area SD 1,853 students
- Yough SD 1,838 students
- Southmoreland SD 1,817 students
- Burrell SD 1,692 students
- Ligonier Valley SD 1,352 students
- Jeannette City SD 932 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.