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Duquesne, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 98/100 ranks Duquesne City Sd #2 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $27,564 per pupil, Duquesne City Sd ranks #19 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Duquesne City Sd operates 1 public schools serving 439 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 $27,564 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 11.0% local, 73.9% state, and 15.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 98/100, ranked #2 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 460:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 47.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.6% African American, 20.0% White, 4.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Duquesne El Sch, enrolling 460 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Duquesne El Sch accounts for 100.0% of all Duquesne City Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Duquesne City Sd a distant remainder — means Duquesne City 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.
Duquesne City Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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.
Duquesne City Sd student-counselor ratio is 460:1 — 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.
Duquesne City Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 47.8% — 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.
Duquesne City Sd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 439 students.
How much does Duquesne City Sd spend per student?
Duquesne City Sd spends $27,564 per student. The district has an equity score of 98/100, ranking #2 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Duquesne City Sd?
Duquesne City Sd students are 59.6% African American, 20.0% White, 4.1% Asian, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Duquesne City Sd?
Duquesne City Sd has an equity score of 98/100, ranking #2 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.