Regular local school district · Mercer County
Mercer Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Mercer Area SD runs 3 public schools with 995 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 995
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 545 W Butler St, Mercer, PA 16137
- Phone
- (724)662-5100
- County
- Mercer County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4215120
- State district ID
- PA-104435003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 113
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 332 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (981), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $9.8 million
- Local revenue
- $7.8 million
- Total spending
- $18.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,099
- Salaries
- $7.3 million38.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 49.7%
- Local: 39.3%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,099
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Mercer Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Mercer Area El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 567 | 12.6 |
| Mercer Area Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 136 | 15.1 |
| Mercer Area SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 282 | 13.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Mercer County
- Hermitage SD 1,993 students
- Grove City Area SD 1,867 students
- Sharon City SD 1,839 students
- Greenville Area SD 1,236 students
- Sharpsville Area SD 989 students
- Reynolds SD 960 students
- Lakeview SD 802 students
- West Middlesex Area SD 700 students
- Farrell Area SD 695 students
- Commodore Perry SD 427 students
- Jamestown Area SD 343 students
- Keystone Education Center CS 174 students
- Midwestern IU 4 16 students
- Mercer County Career Center 8 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.