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Scott Township, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Lakeland Sd #357 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,458 per pupil, Lakeland Sd ranks #422 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,377
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,458
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lakeland Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,377 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Lackawanna County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,458 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 48.4% local, 41.2% state, and 10.4% 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 46/100, ranked #357 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 337.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.2% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lakeland El Sch - Mayfield Campus, with a diversity index of 29.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lakeland Jshs, enrolling 623 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Lakeland Jshs accounts for 45.2% of all Lakeland Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lakeland Sd a distant remainder — means Lakeland 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.
Lakeland Sd school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Lakeland Sd school enrollment ranges from 268 students (lowest) to 623 students (highest), a spread of 355 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.
Lakeland Sd student-counselor ratio is 337:1 — 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 Lakeland Sd is typically wider than the Lakeland Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Lakeland Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 26.0% — 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 Lakeland Sd is typically wider than the Lakeland Sd-aggregate figure suggests.