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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 14/100 ranks Imhotep Institute Chs #632 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,791 per pupil, Imhotep Institute Chs ranks #494 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Imhotep Institute Chs operates 1 public schools serving 597 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Philadelphia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,791 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 74.2% local, 0.6% state, and 25.2% 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 14/100, ranked #632 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 603:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.9% African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Imhotep Institute Chs, enrolling 603 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Imhotep Institute Chs accounts for 100.0% of all Imhotep Institute Chs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Imhotep Institute Chs a distant remainder — means Imhotep Institute Chs-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.
Imhotep Institute Chs student-counselor ratio is 603:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Imhotep Institute Chs chronic absenteeism rate is 43.1% — 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.
Imhotep Institute Chs has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 597 students.
How much does Imhotep Institute Chs spend per student?
Imhotep Institute Chs spends $15,791 per student. The district has an equity score of 14/100, ranking #632 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Imhotep Institute Chs?
Imhotep Institute Chs students are 92.9% African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Imhotep Institute Chs?
Imhotep Institute Chs has an equity score of 14/100, ranking #632 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.