students who live in the newport 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 newport 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 newport school district's schools. the 2012 tuition rate at newport high school were $7,705.36. by 2015-16 school year, the tuition rate for newport high school had risen to $11,067.55, while the district spent $15,898.18 per pupil.