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Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Huntingdon Area Sd #239 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,587 per pupil, Huntingdon Area Sd ranks #405 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,684
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,587
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntingdon Area Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,684 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 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 Huntingdon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,587 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 42.5% local, 46.8% state, and 10.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 57/100, ranked #239 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 355.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.8% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Standing Stone El Sch, with a diversity index of 22.4/100.
Its largest campus is Huntingdon Area Shs, enrolling 546 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Huntingdon Area Shs accounts for 32.2% of all Huntingdon Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Huntingdon 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.
Huntingdon Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
Huntingdon Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.6% — 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.
Huntingdon Area Sd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,684 students.
How much does Huntingdon Area Sd spend per student?
Huntingdon Area Sd spends $16,587 per student. The district has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #239 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Huntingdon Area Sd?
Huntingdon Area Sd students are 91.8% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Huntingdon Area Sd?
Huntingdon Area Sd has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #239 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.