Per pupil spending Armstrong School District's administrative costs per pupil was $846.91 in 2008. The lowest administrative cost per pupil in Pennsylvania was $398 per pupil. It ranked 141st among Pennsylvania's 500 public school districts for administration spending. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association collects and maintains statistics on salaries of public school district employees in Pennsylvania. According to the association's report, the average salary for a superintendent, for the 2007-08 school year, was $122,165. Superintendents and administrators receive a benefit package commensurate with that offered to the district's teachers' union. According to PSBA, the median Superintendent salary rose to over $130,000 in 2011. William H. Kerr, Ed.D. was the superintendent unit 2010. He left to be the superintendent of Norwin School District.