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Lehighton, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Lehighton Area Sd #340 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,143 per pupil, Lehighton Area Sd ranks #554 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,171
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,143
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lehighton Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 2,171 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 $15,143 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 52.2% local, 37.6% state, and 10.2% 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 48/100, ranked #340 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 (7 AP courses district-wide), a 431.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.1% White, 10.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lehighton Area Elementary Center, with a diversity index of 33.6/100.
Lehighton Area Elementary Center accounts for 46.3% of all Lehighton Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lehighton Area Sd a distant remainder — means Lehighton 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.
Lehighton Area Sd school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Lehighton Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 478 students (lowest) to 1,005 students (highest), a spread of 527 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.
Lehighton Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 432:1 — 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.
Lehighton Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 23.8% — 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 Lehighton Area Sd is typically wider than the Lehighton Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Lehighton Area Sd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 2,171 students.
How much does Lehighton Area Sd spend per student?
Lehighton Area Sd spends $15,143 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #340 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Lehighton Area Sd?
Lehighton Area Sd students are 82.1% White, 10.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lehighton Area Sd?
Lehighton Area Sd has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #340 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.