Regular local school district · Butler County
Karns City Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Karns City Area SD runs 2 public schools with 1,297 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 12.0 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 1,297
- Teachers (FTE)
- 108
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1446 Kittanning Pike, Karns City, PA 16041
- Phone
- (724)756-2030
- County
- Butler County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4209600
- State district ID
- PA-104103603
- Total staff (FTE)
- 190
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 324 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.0
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 (1,331), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $8.4 million
- Total spending
- $25.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,044
- Salaries
- $10.3 million40.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 62.5%
- Local: 32.3%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,044
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Karns City Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Karns City Area El Sch | Elementary | K to 6 | 645 | 16.1 |
| Karns City Junior/Senior High School | High | 7 to 12 | 642 | 14.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Butler County
- Seneca Valley SD 7,491 students
- Butler Area SD 5,901 students
- Mars Area SD 3,636 students
- Knoch SD 2,028 students
- Slippery Rock Area SD 1,858 students
- Freeport Area SD 1,755 students
- Moniteau SD 1,105 students
- Western Secure Treatment Unit 38 students
- Butler County Area Vocational-Technical School 26 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.