Allegheny County · Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, PA public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Pittsburgh SD — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Pittsburgh SD is the primary public district for Pittsburgh, PA. It enrolls 20,034 students in 56 schools with 1,806 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $33,512 per pupil, 93% above the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 20,034NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 56Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 11.1Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $33,512Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Pittsburgh
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 49.1%
- $342,734,000
- State revenue
- 41.5%
- $289,249,000
- Federal revenue
- 9.4%
- $65,422,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Pittsburgh property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 39 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Pittsburgh SD (LEAID 4219170) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
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Other Pittsburgh data on this site.
NCES LEAID 4219170. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.