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Chester, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs #413 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,205 per pupil, Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs ranks #617 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 700 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Delaware County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,205 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 74.7% local, 1.1% state, and 24.1% 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 #413 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.
a 233.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.9% African American, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White across the district's schools.
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.6% 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.
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs student-counselor ratio is 234:1 — 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.
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 37.9% — 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 Chester Charter Scholars Academy 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 Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs?
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 700 students.
How much does Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs spend per student?
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs spends $14,205 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #413 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs?
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs students are 90.9% African American, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs?
Chester Charter Scholars Academy Cs has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #413 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.