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Highlands SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Highlands SD runs 4 public schools with 2,047 students in grades PK 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
- 4
- Students
- 2,047
- Teachers (FTE)
- 162
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1500 Pacific Avenue, Natrona Heights, PA 15065
- Phone
- (724)226-2400
- County
- Allegheny County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4211880
- State district ID
- PA-103024753
- Total staff (FTE)
- 287
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 292 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
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 (2,273), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $23.3 million
- Local revenue
- $20.8 million
- Total spending
- $42.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $18,755
- Salaries
- $18.4 million43.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $18.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.6%
- State: 50.5%
- Local: 44.9%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$18,755
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Highlands SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Highlands Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 205 | 15.8 |
| Highlands El SchCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 559 | 13.0 |
| Highlands Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 575 | 9.7 |
| Highlands SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 665 | 14.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Allegheny County
- Pittsburgh SD 19,571 students
- North Allegheny SD 8,613 students
- Mt Lebanon SD 5,504 students
- North Hills SD 4,627 students
- Pine-Richland SD 4,600 students
- Baldwin-Whitehall SD 4,481 students
- Fox Chapel Area SD 4,296 students
- Moon Area SD 4,140 students
- Upper St. Clair SD 4,028 students
- Bethel Park SD 4,019 students
- Shaler Area SD 3,840 students
- Plum Borough SD 3,556 students
- South Fayette Township SD 3,551 students
- Chartiers Valley SD 3,501 students
- West Jefferson Hills SD 3,501 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.