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Catasauqua, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 18/100 ranks Innovative Arts Academy Cs #611 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,845 per pupil, Innovative Arts Academy Cs ranks #577 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Innovative Arts Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 531 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. 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 Lehigh County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,845 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 82.6% local, 0.6% state, and 16.8% 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 18/100, ranked #611 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.
a 477:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 74.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.7% African American, 6.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Innovative Arts Academy Cs, enrolling 477 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Innovative Arts Academy Cs accounts for 89.8% of all Innovative Arts Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Innovative Arts Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Innovative Arts Academy Cs-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.
Innovative Arts Academy Cs student-counselor ratio is 477:1 — 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.
Innovative Arts Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 74.0% — 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.
How many schools are in Innovative Arts Academy Cs?
Innovative Arts Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 531 students.
How much does Innovative Arts Academy Cs spend per student?
Innovative Arts Academy Cs spends $14,845 per student. The district has an equity score of 18/100, ranking #611 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Innovative Arts Academy Cs?
Innovative Arts Academy Cs students are 80.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.7% African American, 6.1% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Innovative Arts Academy Cs?
Innovative Arts Academy Cs has an equity score of 18/100, ranking #611 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.