Regular local school district · Luzerne County
Northwest Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Northwest Area SD runs 3 public schools with 897 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 897
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 243 Thorne Hill Rd, Shickshinny, PA 18655
- Phone
- (570)542-4126
- County
- Luzerne County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4217790
- State district ID
- PA-118406003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 133
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 299 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (967), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $11.9 million
- Local revenue
- $7.8 million
- Total spending
- $21.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,851
- Salaries
- $7.7 million36.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.9%
- State: 55.7%
- Local: 36.4%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,851
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Northwest Area SD
By level: 1 high, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Northwest Area High School | High | 7 to 12 | 406 | 11.3 |
| Northwest Area Intermediate Sch | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 260 | 10.8 |
| Northwest Area Primary Sch | Elementary | PK to 2 | 215 | 21.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Luzerne County
- Hazleton Area SD 13,141 students
- Wilkes-Barre Area SD 8,228 students
- Wyoming Valley West SD 4,959 students
- Pittston Area SD 3,272 students
- Crestwood SD 2,742 students
- Berwick Area SD 2,559 students
- Dallas SD 2,407 students
- Greater Nanticoke Area SD 2,293 students
- Hanover Area SD 2,233 students
- Wyoming Area SD 1,960 students
- Lake-Lehman SD 1,568 students
- Bear Creek Community CS 604 students
- Luzerne IU 18 509 students
- West Side Career & Technology Center 437 students
- Northeast Secure Treatment Unit 37 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.