NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools PA

Best-Resourced Schools in Connellsville, PA

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6 public K-12 schools in Connellsville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,622
Students
32/100
Avg Resource Index
16.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Connellsville has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Connellsville's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Connellsville's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

93.6% of enrollment in reporting Connellsville schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 32-point gap between Connellsville Area Shs and Connellsville Area Career & Technical Ce shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
17th percentile
Teacher staffing
37th percentile

Connellsville Area Ms accounts for 23.9% of all Connellsville public-school enrollment

That concentration means Connellsville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Connellsville school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities

Connellsville school enrollment ranges from 430 students (lowest) to 866 students (highest), a spread of 436 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Connellsville reports 93.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Connellsville student-teacher ratio is 16.6:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Connellsville is typically wider than the Connellsville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Connellsville Area Shs 49
2. Bullskin El Sch 36
3. Connellsville Area Ms 33
4. Dunbar Twp El Sch 30
5. West Crawford El Sch 27
6. Connellsville Area Career & Technical Ce 17

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Which Connellsville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Connellsville Area Shs has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Connellsville schools in this federal-data comparison at 49/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Connellsville, PA? ▼

Connellsville has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,622 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.