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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Jim Thorpe Area Sd #210 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,590 per pupil, Jim Thorpe Area Sd ranks #214 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,791
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,590
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jim Thorpe Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,791 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Carbon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,590 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 66.4% local, 20.7% state, and 12.9% 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 60/100, ranked #210 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 274.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 44.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.9% White, 13.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Penn-Kidder Campus, with a diversity index of 48.6/100.
Its largest campus is L B Morris El Sch, enrolling 615 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
L B Morris El Sch accounts for 34.3% of all Jim Thorpe Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Jim Thorpe Area Sd-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.
Jim Thorpe Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 274:1 — 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 Jim Thorpe Area Sd is typically wider than the Jim Thorpe Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Jim Thorpe Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 44.7% — 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.
Jim Thorpe Area Sd has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,791 students.
How much does Jim Thorpe Area Sd spend per student?
Jim Thorpe Area Sd spends $18,590 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #210 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Jim Thorpe Area Sd?
Jim Thorpe Area Sd students are 75.9% White, 13.3% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Jim Thorpe Area Sd?
Jim Thorpe Area Sd has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #210 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.