District by District Table Shows Role That Delco School Taxes Play in Student Funding
Image via Ithan Elementary School.
The money spent per student in a Delaware County school district seems to depend on where you live. Not surprisingly, the proportion of local taxes that fund each student also depends on location, according to Eugene Tauber’s article for The Morning Call.
Pennsylvania’s 499 school districts received about $30.3 billion in the 2017-18 school year to educate more than 1.7 million students. That works out to an average of $17,634 per student.
School revenue allocations per student and by source (listed by greatest to least expenditure) as compiled by The Morning Call.
| School District | ADM (per student expenditure) | Local taxes | State funding | Federal funding |
| Radnor School District | $25,236.77 | $21,549 | $3,999 | $187 |
| Marple Newtown School District | $24,875.12 | $20,278 | $4,343 | $255 |
| Rose Tree Media School District | $23,613.54 | $19,424 | $4,005 | $131 |
| Garnet Valley School District | $21,532.44 | $17,567 | $3,893 | $92 |
| Ridley School District | $19,159.29 | $13,493 | $5,414 | $253 |
| Haverford School District | $19,013.34 | $15,590 | $3,280 | $137 |
| Interboro School District | $19,012.62 | $12,342 | $6,406 | $265 |
| Chester Upland School District | $18, 671.40 | $3,725 | $14,137 | $808 |
| Springfield School District | $17,639 | $14,444 | $3,141 | $56 |
| Southeast Delco School District | $16,681.70 | $8,476 | $7,321 | $885 |
| Upper Darby School District | $14,749.57 | $8,075 | $5,983 | $485
Other: :$206 |
Visit here for an interactive statewide map comparing school district revenues.
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