How Centralia is run
Centralia spent $20,000 in the year to December 31, 2022, about $1,818 per resident.
What stands out about how Centralia is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
Mount Carmel Area School District
Centralia’s K–12 school district, shared with Kulpmont, Marion Heights, Mount Carmel, Mount Carmel. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,712 per pupil, $8,851 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Pennsylvania districts overall: 55% local, 37% state, 8% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Centralia
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Centralia yet. Neighbors can add them.
About $1,818 per resident a year, or $4.98 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 45% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Centralia.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Pennsylvania HouseState representatives
- 3Pennsylvania SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Pennsylvania
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Centralia’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Centralia is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.