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Cheswick, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Deer Lakes Sd #254 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,445 per pupil, Deer Lakes Sd ranks #225 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,754
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,445
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Deer Lakes Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,754 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 $18,445 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 58.6% local, 34.5% state, and 7.0% 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 55/100, ranked #254 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 349.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.9% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Curtisville Pri Ctr, with a diversity index of 15.5/100.
Its largest campus is Deer Lakes Hs, enrolling 581 students (34% of the district's total enrollment).
Deer Lakes Hs accounts for 33.1% of all Deer Lakes Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Deer Lakes 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.
Deer Lakes Sd student-counselor ratio is 350:1 — 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 Deer Lakes Sd is typically wider than the Deer Lakes Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Deer Lakes Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — 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 Deer Lakes Sd is typically wider than the Deer Lakes Sd-aggregate figure suggests.