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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
At $15,760 per pupil, Capital Area School for the Arts Cs ranks #497 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
186
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,760
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs operates 1 public schools serving 186 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Dauphin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,760 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 98.2% local, 0.8% state, and 1.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 193:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 36.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.6% White, 17.6% African American, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Capital Area School for the Arts Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Capital Area School for the Arts Cs a distant remainder — means Capital Area School for the Arts Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs student-counselor ratio is 193:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 36.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Capital Area School for the Arts Cs's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Capital Area School for the Arts Cs?
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 186 students.
How much does Capital Area School for the Arts Cs spend per student?
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs spends $15,760 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Capital Area School for the Arts Cs?
Capital Area School for the Arts Cs students are 60.6% White, 17.6% African American, 14.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.