Regular local school district · Carbon County
Panther Valley SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Panther Valley SD runs 3 public schools with 1,773 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.3 students per teacher is 2.8 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,773
- Teachers (FTE)
- 109
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1 Panther Way, Lansford, PA 18232
- Phone
- (570)645-4248
- County
- Carbon County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4218450
- State district ID
- PA-121136603
- Total staff (FTE)
- 191
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 443 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.3
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 (1,675), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $15.8 million
- Local revenue
- $12.7 million
- Total spending
- $26.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,905
- Salaries
- $7.9 million29.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $20.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.5%
- State: 50.1%
- Local: 40.4%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,905
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Panther Valley SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Panther Valley El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 3 | 556 | 15.0 |
| Panther Valley Intermediate SchCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 458 | 17.0 |
| Panther Valley JSHSCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 759 | 16.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Carbon County
- Lehighton Area SD 2,114 students
- Jim Thorpe Area SD 1,683 students
- Palmerton Area SD 1,637 students
- Weatherly Area SD 605 students
- Carbon Career & Technical Institute 375 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.