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Best SBAP Performance of the Year

These districts led the state by receiving the highest rates of reimbursement on a per capita basis. Through diligent effort and persistent attention to claiming all eligible expenditures, these districts generated reimbursement revenues ranging from $520K in small districts, to $1.9M in midsize districts, to $2.7M in large districts.

Large Districts
DistrictReimbursement per Billable Student
Downingtown Area SD$4,672
Central Bucks SD$3,304
Parkland SD$3,231
Midsize Districts
DistrictReimbursement per Billable Student
East Stroudsburg Area SD$4,499
Lower Merion SD$3,340
Pennsbury SD$3,150
Small Districts
DistrictReimbursement per Billable Student
Tulpehocken Area SD$12,106
New Hope-Solebury SD$5,405
Unionville-Chadds Ford SD$5,266
Methodology notesA billable student is defined as a student enrolled in the Medical Assistance program who has an eligible health-related service in their IEP. These are the students for whom LEAs are eligible to bill Medicaid when families have provided consent and services have been authorized by a doctor or nurse practitioner. Figures are from the FY25 school year. FY26 data has not yet been submitted as of publication.