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Chester, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Chester Community Cs #540 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,760 per pupil, Chester Community Cs ranks #148 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,281
Total Enrollment
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$19,760
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chester Community Cs operates 1 public schools serving 4,281 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $19,760 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 77.7% local, 1.1% state, and 21.2% 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 28/100, ranked #540 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 378.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 77.4% African American, 17.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Chester Community Cs, enrolling 3,782 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Chester Community Cs accounts for 88.3% of all Chester Community Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chester Community Cs a distant remainder — means Chester Community Cs-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.
Chester Community Cs student-counselor ratio is 378:1 — 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.
Chester Community Cs has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,281 students.
How much does Chester Community Cs spend per student?
Chester Community Cs spends $19,760 per student. The district has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #540 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Chester Community Cs?
Chester Community Cs students are 77.4% African American, 17.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chester Community Cs?
Chester Community Cs has an equity score of 28/100, ranking #540 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.