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Lackawanna, New York - 1 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Global Concepts Charter School #843 of 941 districts in New York (state average 45). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,217 per pupil, Global Concepts Charter School ranks #959 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending (New York districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Global Concepts Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 926 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New York. 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 Erie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,217 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 100 of 999 New York districts by per-pupil spending. See how New York compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The district's equity score is 17/100, ranked #843 of 941 in New York against a state average of 45, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 175.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 63.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.2% White, 25.6% African American, 11.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Global Concepts Charter School accounts for 94.8% of all Global Concepts Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Global Concepts Charter School a distant remainder — means Global Concepts Charter School-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.
Global Concepts Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Global Concepts Charter School student-counselor ratio is 176:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Global Concepts Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 63.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Global Concepts Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Global Concepts Charter School?
Global Concepts Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 926 students.
How much does Global Concepts Charter School spend per student?
Global Concepts Charter School spends $16,217 per student. The district has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #843 in New York.
What is the demographic composition of Global Concepts Charter School?
Global Concepts Charter School students are 54.2% White, 25.6% African American, 11.2% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Global Concepts Charter School?
Global Concepts Charter School has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #843 out of 941 districts in New York.