An equity score of 30/100 ranks Baldwin-Whitehall Sd #517 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,087 per pupil, Baldwin-Whitehall Sd ranks #648 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,542
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,087
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Baldwin-Whitehall Sd operates 4 public schools serving 4,542 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Allegheny County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,087 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 68 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 61.4% local, 31.1% state, and 7.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 30/100, ranked #517 of 649 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 448.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.1% White, 23.5% Asian, 8.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Whitehall El Sch, with a diversity index of 61.5/100.
Its largest campus is Baldwin Shs, enrolling 1,657 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mcannulty El Sch, at 354 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Baldwin Shs accounts for 36.5% of all Baldwin-Whitehall Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Baldwin-Whitehall 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.
Baldwin-Whitehall Sd school enrollment varies 4.7× across entities
Baldwin-Whitehall Sd school enrollment ranges from 354 students (lowest) to 1,657 students (highest), a spread of 1,303 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.
Baldwin-Whitehall Sd student-counselor ratio is 449:1 — 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.
Baldwin-Whitehall Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.2% — 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 Baldwin-Whitehall Sd is typically wider than the Baldwin-Whitehall Sd-aggregate figure suggests.