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Clarion, Pennsylvania - 2 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Clarion Area Sd #328 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,081 per pupil, Clarion Area Sd ranks #352 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Clarion Area Sd operates 2 public schools serving 779 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Clarion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,081 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.1% local, 41.2% state, and 9.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 49/100, ranked #328 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 389:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.4% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Clarion Area Jshs, enrolling 426 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Clarion Area Jshs accounts for 54.7% of all Clarion Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Clarion Area Sd a distant remainder — means Clarion Area Sd-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.
Clarion Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 389:1 — 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.
Clarion Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.4% — 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 Clarion Area Sd is typically wider than the Clarion Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Clarion Area Sd has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 779 students.
How much does Clarion Area Sd spend per student?
Clarion Area Sd spends $17,081 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #328 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Clarion Area Sd?
Clarion Area Sd students are 86.4% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, 2.5% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Clarion Area Sd?
Clarion Area Sd has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #328 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.