In 2011-12, Huntingdon Area School District received a $7,472,012 allocation, of state Basic Education Funding. Additionally, the School District received $136,282 in Accountability Block Grant funding. The enacted Pennsylvania state Education budget included $5,354,629,000 for the 2011-2012 Basic Education Funding appropriation. This amount was a $233,290,000 increase (4.6%) over the enacted State appropriation for 2010-2011. The highest increase in state basic education funding was awarded to Duquesne City School District, which got a 49% increase in state funding for 2011-12. In 2010, the district reported that 871 students received free or reduced-price lunches, due to the family meeting the federal poverty level.