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Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania - 5 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Elizabethtown Area Sd #530 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,977 per pupil, Elizabethtown Area Sd ranks #468 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,640
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,977
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Elizabethtown Area Sd operates 5 public schools serving 3,640 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Lancaster County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,977 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 65.7% local, 29.5% state, and 4.7% 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 29/100, ranked #530 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 349.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is East High Street El Sch, with a diversity index of 37.6/100.
Its largest campus is Elizabethtown Area Shs, enrolling 1,263 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Bainbridge El Sch, at 219 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Elizabethtown Area Shs accounts for 34.7% of all Elizabethtown Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Elizabethtown 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.
Elizabethtown Area Sd school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Elizabethtown Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 219 students (lowest) to 1,263 students (highest), a spread of 1,044 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.
Elizabethtown Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 349:1 — 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 Elizabethtown Area Sd is typically wider than the Elizabethtown Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Elizabethtown Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 8.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Elizabethtown Area Sd has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,640 students.
How much does Elizabethtown Area Sd spend per student?
Elizabethtown Area Sd spends $15,977 per student. The district has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #530 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Elizabethtown Area Sd?
Elizabethtown Area Sd students are 81.9% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% African American, 3.0% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Elizabethtown Area Sd?
Elizabethtown Area Sd has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #530 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.