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Topton, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Brandywine Heights Area Sd #110 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,647 per pupil, Brandywine Heights Area Sd ranks #74 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,283
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$21,647
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brandywine Heights Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,283 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Berks County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,647 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 63.9% local, 29.7% state, and 6.5% 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 70/100, ranked #110 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 (16 AP courses district-wide), a 269.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 9.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.8% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brandywine Heights El Sch, with a diversity index of 24.9/100.
Its largest campus is Brandywine Heights Intrmd/Ms, enrolling 460 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Brandywine Heights Intrmd/Ms accounts for 35.9% of all Brandywine Heights Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Brandywine Heights 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.
Brandywine Heights Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 270:1 — 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 Brandywine Heights Area Sd is typically wider than the Brandywine Heights Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Brandywine Heights Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 9.8% — 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.