The state Department of Education has made 2014-15 data on school district spending and revenue available and what that data shows is that statewide the average per-pupil expenditure was $15,854 with $8,544 (54%) accounted for by actual instruction costs.  With state and local revenue accounting for most of the per-pupil revenue total, statewide the average was $9,197 coming from local sources and $5,802 from state sources.  When combined, state funding per-pupil averaged 39% statewide.

How do the 43 districts in Allegheny County compare for 2014-15?  On average, school district spending here was $2,000 higher per-pupil ($17,892) and the instructional cost difference was $1,500 ($10,036).  On the revenue side, the local revenue per-pupil average was $10,950 and state revenue per-pupil average was $5,912 (35% average).  Combined, in Allegheny County the local and state revenue combined was $16,862 whereas the state average was $14,999.

Looking closer at revenue, especially the state share of funding since that garnered a lot of attention and produced a formula that will drive new state funding (above what went out in 2014-15, which will be a base amount going forward).  Ten districts in Allegheny County received 45% or more of its combined local and state funding from the state.  Five–Duquesne, Clairton, McKeesport, South Allegheny, and Sto-Rox–received 60% or more of their combined per-pupil amount from the state.

Four districts–Pine-Richland, Mt. Lebanon, Fox Chapel, and Quaker Valley–received 20% or less from the state.