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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Fox Chapel Area Sd #218 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,044 per pupil, Fox Chapel Area Sd ranks #60 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,160
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$22,044
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fox Chapel Area Sd operates 6 public schools serving 4,160 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 $22,044 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 75.4% local, 19.0% state, and 5.6% 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 59/100, ranked #218 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (25 AP courses district-wide), a 413.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.6% White, 6.1% Asian, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kerr El Sch, with a diversity index of 51.7/100.
Its largest campus is Fox Chapel Area Hs, enrolling 1,360 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hartwood El Sch, at 386 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Fox Chapel Area Hs accounts for 31.9% of all Fox Chapel Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fox Chapel 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.
Fox Chapel Area Sd school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Fox Chapel Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 386 students (lowest) to 1,360 students (highest), a spread of 974 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.
Fox Chapel Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 413:1 — 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.
Fox Chapel Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 10.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Fox Chapel Area Sd has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,160 students.
How much does Fox Chapel Area Sd spend per student?
Fox Chapel Area Sd spends $22,044 per student. The district has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #218 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Fox Chapel Area Sd?
Fox Chapel Area Sd students are 77.6% White, 6.1% Asian, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Fox Chapel Area Sd?
Fox Chapel Area Sd has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #218 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.