An equity score of 77/100 ranks Armstrong Sd #63 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,797 per pupil, Armstrong Sd ranks #270 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,553
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$18,797
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Armstrong Sd operates 8 public schools serving 4,553 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $18,797 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.8% local, 52.3% state, and 10.8% 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 77/100, ranked #63 of 649 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 2 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 637.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.5% White, 1.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lenape El Sch, with a diversity index of 10.4/100.
Its largest campus is Armstrong Jshs, enrolling 1,374 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Dayton El Sch, at 194 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Armstrong Jshs accounts for 30.2% of all Armstrong Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Armstrong Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Armstrong Sd school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Armstrong Sd school enrollment ranges from 194 students (lowest) to 1,374 students (highest), a spread of 1,180 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.
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.
Armstrong Sd student-counselor ratio is 638:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Armstrong Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Armstrong Sd is typically wider than the Armstrong Sd-aggregate figure suggests.