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Aston, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Chichester Sd #30 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,970 per pupil, Chichester Sd ranks #61 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,047
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$21,970
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Chichester Sd operates 6 public schools serving 3,047 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Delaware County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,970 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.2% local, 30.4% state, and 11.4% 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 83/100, ranked #30 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 251.4:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 34.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.7% White, 27.9% African American, 12.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marcus Hook El Sch, with a diversity index of 73.2/100.
Its largest campus is Chichester Shs, enrolling 981 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Marcus Hook El Sch, at 237 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Chichester Shs accounts for 32.2% of all Chichester Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Chichester 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.
Chichester Sd school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities
Chichester Sd school enrollment ranges from 237 students (lowest) to 981 students (highest), a spread of 744 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Chichester Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.0% 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.
Chichester Sd student-counselor ratio is 251:1 — 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 Chichester Sd is typically wider than the Chichester Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Chichester Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 34.7% — 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.