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Thorndale, Pennsylvania - 9 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Coatesville Area Sd #236 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,620 per pupil, Coatesville Area Sd ranks #301 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,400
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$17,620
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Coatesville Area Sd operates 9 public schools serving 5,400 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Chester County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,620 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 65.8% local, 28.2% state, and 6.0% 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 57/100, ranked #236 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 373.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 36.9% White, 28.6% African American, 25.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is North Brandywine Ms, with a diversity index of 71.9/100.
Its largest campus is Coatesville Area Shs, enrolling 1,366 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is North Brandywine Ms, at 274 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Coatesville Area Shs accounts for 25.3% of all Coatesville Area Sd student enrollment
That concentration means Coatesville Area 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.
Coatesville Area Sd school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities
Coatesville Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 1,366 students (highest), a spread of 1,092 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.
Coatesville Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.7% 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). 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.
Coatesville Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 374:1 — 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.
Coatesville Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Coatesville Area Sd has 9 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 5 elementary, 2 middle. Total enrollment is 5,400 students.
How much does Coatesville Area Sd spend per student?
Coatesville Area Sd spends $17,620 per student. The district has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #236 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Coatesville Area Sd?
Coatesville Area Sd students are 36.9% White, 28.6% African American, 25.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Coatesville Area Sd?
Coatesville Area Sd has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #236 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.