Regular local school district · Wayne County
Wayne Highlands SD, PA: schools, enrollment and spending
Wayne Highlands SD runs 6 public schools with 2,369 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.0 students per teacher is 1.5 lower than the Pennsylvania figure of 13.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,369
- Teachers (FTE)
- 197
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- PA: 13.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 474 Grove St, Honesdale, PA 18431
- Phone
- (570)253-4661
- County
- Wayne County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4224970
- State district ID
- PA-119648703
- Total staff (FTE)
- 362
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 296 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.0
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 (2,375), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $61.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.6 million
- State revenue
- $19.5 million
- Local revenue
- $38.6 million
- Total spending
- $56.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,956
- Salaries
- $25.8 million45.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $16.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 31.6%
- Local: 62.6%
Pennsylvania overall
- Federal: 8.2%
- State: 33.0%
- Local: 58.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,956
Pennsylvania$21,044
United States$16,826
Schools in Wayne Highlands SD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Damascus Area Sch | Elementary | PK to 8 | 258 | 9.9 |
| Honesdale High School | High | 9 to 12 | 679 | 11.5 |
| Lakeside Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 419 | 13.1 |
| Preston Sch | Elementary | K to 8 | 143 | 9.5 |
| Stourbridge Primary Ctr | Elementary | PK to 2 | 415 | 12.2 |
| Wayne Highlands Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 408 | 14.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wayne County
- Western Wayne SD 1,803 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.