Regular local school district · Cumberland County
Mechanicsburg Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mechanicsburg Area SD runs 8 public schools with 4,717 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,717
- Teachers (FTE)
- 326
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 600 S Norway St, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
- Phone
- (717)691-4500
- County
- Cumberland County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4215030
- State district ID
- PA-115216503
- Total staff (FTE)
- 667
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 337 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
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 (4,308), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $82.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $20.7 million
- Local revenue
- $57.1 million
- Total spending
- $102.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,695
- Salaries
- $33.2 million32.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $133.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.2%
- State: 25.0%
- Local: 68.8%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,695
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Mechanicsburg Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Broad Street El Sch | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 239 | 14.1 |
| Elmwood Academy | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 712 | 15.5 |
| Kindergarten Academy | Elementary | K | 321 | 14.0 |
| Mechanicsburg Area SHS | High | 9 to 12 | 1,412 | 14.6 |
| Mechanicsburg Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,112 | 14.4 |
| Northside El Sch | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 221 | 13.0 |
| Shepherdstown El Sch | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 283 | 14.2 |
| Upper Allen El Sch | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 321 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cumberland County
- Cumberland Valley SD 10,401 students
- Carlisle Area SD 5,180 students
- East Pennsboro Area SD 2,593 students
- Big Spring SD 2,379 students
- South Middleton SD 2,160 students
- Camp Hill SD 1,218 students
- Capital Area IU 15 346 students
- Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center 28 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.