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Spring Church, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Apollo-Ridge Sd #87 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,489 per pupil, Apollo-Ridge Sd ranks #156 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,097
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,489
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Apollo-Ridge Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,097 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Armstrong County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,489 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.0% local, 57.4% state, and 9.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #87 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 324.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 42.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.2% White, 1.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Apollo-Ridge Hs, with a diversity index of 15.6/100.
Its largest campus is Apollo-Ridge Elem Sch, enrolling 545 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Apollo-Ridge Elem Sch accounts for 48.0% of all Apollo-Ridge Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Apollo-Ridge Sd a distant remainder — means Apollo-Ridge Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Apollo-Ridge Sd school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Apollo-Ridge Sd school enrollment ranges from 264 students (lowest) to 545 students (highest), a spread of 281 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Apollo-Ridge Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Apollo-Ridge Sd student-counselor ratio is 324:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Variation between sub-units within Apollo-Ridge Sd is typically wider than the Apollo-Ridge Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Apollo-Ridge Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 42.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.