About Oil City Area SD
Oil City Area SD is a public school system serving Venango County, Pennsylvania, based in Oil City. It serves 1,932 students across 5 schools spanning K–12, and is classified as a town: remote district. By enrollment it is the #259 largest of Pennsylvania’s 777 school systems.
Size and structure
Oil City Area SD enrolls 1,932 students in 5 schools — an average of about 386 students per school. It serves grades K–12 and ranks #259 of 777 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Oil City Area SD, from the NCES Common Core of Data (1,932 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Oil City Area SD employs about 163 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1 — below the Pennsylvania average of about 13.0:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 259.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Pennsylvania funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Oil City Area SD are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Pennsylvania’s accountability dashboard is the Future Ready PA Index, covering state-assessment performance, academic growth (PVAAS), English-language progress, regular attendance, the Career Standards Benchmark and graduation rate. Look up Oil City Area SD on the Future Ready PA Index.
Accreditation status
Pennsylvania does not require accreditation of its public districts; the State Board of Education and Department of Education oversee them directly, while voluntary accreditation through Middle States or Cognia is used mainly by private and charter schools. Search the Middle States directory.
Oil City Area SD vs. Pennsylvania
See every Pennsylvania district side by side in the Pennsylvania directory.
Look up Oil City Area SD’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):