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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks City Chs #234 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,213 per pupil, City Chs ranks #126 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
City Chs operates 1 public schools serving 556 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 Allegheny County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,213 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 91.6% local, 0.3% state, and 8.1% 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 58/100, ranked #234 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.
a 99:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.9% African American, 24.9% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is City Chs, enrolling 594 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
City Chs accounts for 100.0% of all City Chs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of City Chs a distant remainder — means City Chs-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.
City Chs has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
City Chs student-counselor ratio is 99:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
City Chs chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — 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 City Chs is typically wider than the City Chs-aggregate figure suggests.
City Chs has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 556 students.
How much does City Chs spend per student?
City Chs spends $20,213 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #234 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of City Chs?
City Chs students are 59.9% African American, 24.9% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for City Chs?
City Chs has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #234 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.