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Wingate, Pennsylvania - 5 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Bald Eagle Area Sd #108 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,265 per pupil, Bald Eagle Area Sd ranks #169 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,528
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$19,265
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bald Eagle Area Sd operates 5 public schools serving 1,528 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 combined 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 Centre County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,265 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 48.2% local, 45.5% state, and 6.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 70/100, ranked #108 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 487.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.6% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Port Matilda El Sch, with a diversity index of 12.2/100.
Its largest campus is Bald Eagle Area Jshs, enrolling 832 students (56% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Howard El Sch, at 87 students, a 10x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bald Eagle Area Jshs accounts for 54.5% of all Bald Eagle Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bald Eagle Area Sd a distant remainder — means Bald Eagle Area 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.
Bald Eagle Area Sd school enrollment varies 9.6× across entities
Bald Eagle Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 87 students (lowest) to 832 students (highest), a spread of 745 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bald Eagle Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 487:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Bald Eagle Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.7% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Bald Eagle Area Sd has 5 schools, including 1 combined, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,528 students.
How much does Bald Eagle Area Sd spend per student?
Bald Eagle Area Sd spends $19,265 per student. The district has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #108 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Bald Eagle Area Sd?
Bald Eagle Area Sd students are 95.6% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bald Eagle Area Sd?
Bald Eagle Area Sd has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #108 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.