For the 2010-11 school year, the state provided a 6.46% increase, in state basic education funding, for a total of $9,546,171. This was the highest increase awarded to a district in Northumberland County. One hundred fifty Pennsylvania school districts received the base 2% increase while Kennett Consolidated School District of Chester County received the highest a 23.65% increase in state funding for 2010-11. The amount of increase each school district receives was determined by then Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Secretary of Education Gerald Zahorchak through the Local Education Agency (LEA) specific allocations made in the Governor's budget proposal released in February each year. This was the second year of Governor Rendell's policy to fund some public school districts at a far greater rate than others. In 2010, the district reported that 1,145 pupils received a free or reduced-price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.