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Horsham, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Hatboro-Horsham Sd #136 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,707 per pupil, Hatboro-Horsham Sd ranks #50 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,260
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$22,707
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hatboro-Horsham Sd operates 6 public schools serving 4,260 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,707 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, 18.5% state, and 6.1% 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 67/100, ranked #136 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 (18 AP courses district-wide), a 308.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 17.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.1% White, 13.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Blair Mill El Sch, with a diversity index of 57.4/100.
Its largest campus is Hatboro-Horsham Shs, enrolling 1,336 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Blair Mill El Sch, at 361 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hatboro-Horsham Shs accounts for 31.4% of all Hatboro-Horsham Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hatboro-Horsham 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.
Hatboro-Horsham Sd school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Hatboro-Horsham Sd school enrollment ranges from 361 students (lowest) to 1,336 students (highest), a spread of 975 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.
Hatboro-Horsham Sd student-counselor ratio is 309:1 — 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 Hatboro-Horsham Sd is typically wider than the Hatboro-Horsham Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Hatboro-Horsham Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Hatboro-Horsham Sd is typically wider than the Hatboro-Horsham Sd-aggregate figure suggests.