tuition students who live in the solanco school district's attendance area may choose to attend one of pennsylvania's 157 public charter schools. a student living in a neighboring public school district or a foreign exchange student may seek admission to solanco school district. for these cases, the pennsylvania department of education sets an annual tuition rate for each school district. it is the amount the public school district pays to a charter school for each resident student that attends the charter and it is the amount a nonresident student's parents must pay to attend the district's schools. the 2012 tuition rates are elementary school - $7,802, high school - $8,203.