Budget pressures – especially from rising healthcare and special education costs – remain a top concern for the state’s public schools, along with sagging math scores and growing needs around student mental health.

That’s according to the 10th annual State of Education report from the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, which represents the vast majority of the leadership for the state’s 500 public-school districts. The 2026 report, released on [Monday], includes data from 230, or 46%, of those districts, highlighting schools’ most pressing challenges and overall trends.

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Source: CITY & STATE PENNSYLVANIA, March 9, 2026.