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Malvern, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Great Valley Sd #285 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,194 per pupil, Great Valley Sd ranks #127 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,705
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$20,194
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Great Valley Sd operates 6 public schools serving 4,705 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 Chester County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,194 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 82.1% local, 14.0% state, and 3.9% 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 52/100, ranked #285 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (29 AP courses district-wide), a 396.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.7% White, 27.4% Asian, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kathryn D. Markley El Sch, with a diversity index of 68.7/100.
Its largest campus is Great Valley Hs, enrolling 1,481 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Charlestown El Sch, at 414 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Great Valley Hs accounts for 31.5% of all Great Valley Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Great Valley 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.
Great Valley Sd school enrollment varies 3.6× across entities
Great Valley Sd school enrollment ranges from 414 students (lowest) to 1,481 students (highest), a spread of 1,067 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.
Great Valley Sd student-counselor ratio is 396:1 — 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.
Great Valley Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 10.3% — 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.
Great Valley Sd has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 4,705 students.
How much does Great Valley Sd spend per student?
Great Valley Sd spends $20,194 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #285 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Great Valley Sd?
Great Valley Sd students are 50.7% White, 27.4% Asian, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Great Valley Sd?
Great Valley Sd has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #285 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.