Regular local school district · Columbia County
Southern Columbia Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Southern Columbia Area SD runs 3 public schools with 1,198 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 11.4 students per teacher is 2.1 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,198
- Teachers (FTE)
- 105
- Students per teacher
- 11.4
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 800 Southern Drive, Catawissa, PA 17820
- Phone
- (570)356-2331
- County
- Columbia County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4222260
- State district ID
- PA-116197503
- Total staff (FTE)
- 195
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 300 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.4
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 (1,255), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $23.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $752,000
- State revenue
- $9.1 million
- Local revenue
- $14.1 million
- Total spending
- $22.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,712
- Salaries
- $9.5 million42.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $26.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.1%
- State: 38.0%
- Local: 58.8%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,712
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Southern Columbia Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hartman El Ctr | Elementary | K to 4 | 480 | 13.0 |
| Southern Columbia High School | High | 9 to 12 | 348 | 12.4 |
| Southern Columbia Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 367 | 13.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Columbia County
- Central Columbia SD 1,897 students
- Bloomsburg Area SD 1,496 students
- Benton Area SD 611 students
- Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School 609 students
- Millville Area SD 527 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.