Budget
In 2011, the average teacher salary in Susquehanna Township School District was $54,739 a year, while the cost of the benefits teachers receive was $14,124 per employee, for a total annual average teacher compensation of $68,864. The highest salary is $134,734
In 2009, Susquehanna Township School District reported employing 262 teachers and administrators with a median salary of $54,885 and a top salary of $143,520. The teacher’s work day is 7 hours 30 minutes, with a daily preparation period and a 30 minute duty free lunch. There are 188 days in the contract year. Additionally, the teachers receive a defined benefit pension, health insurance, professional development reimbursement, paid personal days, 10 paid sick days, and other benefits.
In 2007, Susquehanna Township School District employed 216 teachers. The average teacher salary in the district was $51,432 for 180 days worked.
Susquehanna Township School District administrative costs per pupil in 2008 was $627.50 per pupil. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil.
In 2009, the Pennsylvania Auditor General conducted a performance audit of Susquehanna Township School District. The findings were reported to the school board and administration.
In 2008, Susquehanna Township School District reported spending $11,685 per pupil. This ranked 316th in the commonwealth.
In 2010, Susquehanna Township School Board had increased the District's unreserved-undesignated reserves to $3,100,000.00. The District's unreserved-designated fund balance was $5,321,527.00. In 2008, the Susquehanna Township School District reported an unreserved designated fund balance of $2.5 million and an unreserved-undesignated fund balance of $2,390,826.
Students who live in Susquehanna Township School District's attendance area may choose to attend one of Pennsylvania's 157 public charter schools. Or a student living in a neighboring public school district may seek admission to Susquehanna Township School District. For these cases, the Pennsylvania Department of Education sets an annual tuition rate for each school district. It is the amount the public school district pays to a charter school for each resident student that attends the charter and it is the amount a nonresident student's parents must pay to attend the District's schools. The 2012 tuition rates for Susquehanna Township School District are Elementary School - $9,564.34, High School - $8,826.01.
Susquehanna Township School District is funded by a combination of: a local earned income tax 0.5%, a property tax, per capita tax $5, Resident Tax $5, Occupation Privilege Tax $5, Occupation Tax $270, Amusement Tax 10%, a real estate transfer tax 0.5%, coupled with substantial funding from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the federal government. Grants can provide an opportunity to supplement school funding without raising local taxes. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pension and Social Security income are exempted from both state personal income tax and local earned income tax regardless of the individual's wealth.
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