Regular local school district · Adams County
Upper Adams SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Upper Adams SD runs 4 public schools with 1,568 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is 1.8 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,568
- Teachers (FTE)
- 134
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 161 North Main Street, Biglerville, PA 17307
- Phone
- (717)677-7191
- County
- Adams County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4224300
- State district ID
- PA-112018523
- Total staff (FTE)
- 191
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 314 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
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 (1,649), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $13.2 million
- Local revenue
- $16.8 million
- Total spending
- $33.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,179
- Salaries
- $11.2 million33.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $34.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.9%
- State: 41.7%
- Local: 53.3%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,179
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Upper Adams SD
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Biglerville El Sch | Elementary | K to 3 | 421 | 12.8 |
| Biglerville High School | High | 9 to 12 | 535 | 10.3 |
| Upper Adams Intrmdt Sch | Middle | 4 to 6 | 361 | 12.0 |
| Upper Adams Middle School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 242 | 14.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Adams County
- Conewago Valley SD 3,703 students
- Gettysburg Area SD 2,783 students
- Bermudian Springs SD 1,716 students
- Littlestown Area SD 1,697 students
- Lincoln IU 12 890 students
- Fairfield Area SD 886 students
- Gettysburg Montessori CS 281 students
- Vida CS 251 students
- Adams County Technical Institute 5 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.