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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Chartiers Valley Sd #407 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,749 per pupil, Chartiers Valley Sd ranks #205 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,427
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,749
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chartiers Valley Sd operates 4 public schools serving 3,427 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 $18,749 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 72.6% local, 22.5% state, and 5.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #407 of 648 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 (23 AP courses district-wide), a 602.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.7% White, 12.3% Asian, 3.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Chartiers Valley Primary Sch, with a diversity index of 50.0/100.
Its largest campus is Chartiers Valley Hs, enrolling 1,029 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Chartiers Valley Hs accounts for 29.6% of all Chartiers Valley Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Chartiers Valley Sd-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.
Chartiers Valley Sd student-counselor ratio is 603:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Chartiers Valley Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.5% — 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 Chartiers Valley Sd is typically wider than the Chartiers Valley Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Chartiers Valley Sd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,427 students.
How much does Chartiers Valley Sd spend per student?
Chartiers Valley Sd spends $18,749 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #407 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Chartiers Valley Sd?
Chartiers Valley Sd students are 74.7% White, 12.3% Asian, 3.5% African American, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chartiers Valley Sd?
Chartiers Valley Sd has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #407 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.