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Berwick, Pennsylvania - 5 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Berwick Area Sd #231 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,896 per pupil, Berwick Area Sd ranks #373 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,665
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,896
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Berwick Area Sd operates 5 public schools serving 2,665 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high 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 Luzerne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,896 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.3% local, 50.0% state, and 9.8% 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 58/100, ranked #231 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 (16 AP courses district-wide), a 383.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.2% White, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is West Berwick El Sch, with a diversity index of 39.0/100.
Its largest campus is Berwick Area Ms, enrolling 837 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nescopeck El Sch, at 156 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Berwick Area Ms accounts for 30.9% of all Berwick Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Berwick Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Berwick Area Sd school enrollment varies 5.4× across entities
Berwick Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 156 students (lowest) to 837 students (highest), a spread of 681 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.
Berwick Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.8% 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.
Berwick Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 384:1 — 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.
Berwick Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 23.8% — 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 Berwick Area Sd is typically wider than the Berwick Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Berwick Area Sd has 5 schools, including 4 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 2,665 students.
How much does Berwick Area Sd spend per student?
Berwick Area Sd spends $16,896 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #231 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Berwick Area Sd?
Berwick Area Sd students are 78.2% White, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Berwick Area Sd?
Berwick Area Sd has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #231 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.