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Dallas, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Lake-Lehman Sd #256 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,458 per pupil, Lake-Lehman Sd ranks #317 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,573
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,458
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lake-Lehman Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,573 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Luzerne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,458 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 54.1% local, 39.4% state, and 6.4% 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 55/100, ranked #256 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 298.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 16.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.4% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lake-Noxen El Sch, with a diversity index of 23.2/100.
Its largest campus is Lake-Lehman Jshs, enrolling 745 students (48% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ross El Sch, at 166 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake-Lehman Jshs accounts for 47.4% of all Lake-Lehman Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lake-Lehman Sd a distant remainder — means Lake-Lehman 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.
Lake-Lehman Sd school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities
Lake-Lehman Sd school enrollment ranges from 166 students (lowest) to 745 students (highest), a spread of 579 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.
Lake-Lehman Sd student-counselor ratio is 298:1 — 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 Lake-Lehman Sd is typically wider than the Lake-Lehman Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Lake-Lehman Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.5% — 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 Lake-Lehman Sd is typically wider than the Lake-Lehman Sd-aggregate figure suggests.