Regular local school district · Schuylkill County
Tamaqua Area SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Tamaqua Area SD runs 4 public schools with 2,048 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,048
- Teachers (FTE)
- 140
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 138 West Broad St, Tamaqua, PA 18252
- Phone
- (570)668-2570
- County
- Schuylkill County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4223220
- State district ID
- PA-129547603
- Total staff (FTE)
- 211
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 512 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
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 (2,114), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $34.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $15.1 million
- Local revenue
- $18.1 million
- Total spending
- $32.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,408
- Salaries
- $12.4 million38.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 3.5%
- State: 43.9%
- Local: 52.6%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,408
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Tamaqua Area SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tamaqua Area Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 488 | 14.4 |
| Tamaqua Area SHSCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 613 | 13.9 |
| Tamaqua El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 697 | 16.6 |
| West Penn Twp El SchCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 250 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Schuylkill County
- Pottsville Area SD 2,589 students
- Blue Mountain SD 2,424 students
- North Schuylkill SD 2,074 students
- Pine Grove Area SD 1,469 students
- Shenandoah Valley SD 1,283 students
- Schuylkill Haven Area SD 1,172 students
- Mahanoy Area SD 1,140 students
- Minersville Area SD 1,050 students
- Tri-Valley SD 882 students
- Saint Clair Area SD 551 students
- Gillingham Charter School 233 students
- Schuylkill IU 29 172 students
- Schuylkill Technology Centers 1 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.