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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
At $47,870 per pupil, Life Male Steam Academy Cs ranks #2 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$47,870
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Life Male Steam Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 93 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Allegheny County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $47,870 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 98.6% local, 0.1% state, and 1.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 17.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.2% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Life Male Steam Academy Cs, enrolling 101 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Life Male Steam Academy Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Life Male Steam Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Life Male Steam Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Life Male Steam Academy Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Life Male Steam Academy Cs reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Life Male Steam Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 17.8% — 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 Life Male Steam Academy Cs is typically wider than the Life Male Steam Academy Cs-aggregate figure suggests.
How many schools are in Life Male Steam Academy Cs?
Life Male Steam Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 middle. Total enrollment is 93 students.
How much does Life Male Steam Academy Cs spend per student?
Life Male Steam Academy Cs spends $47,870 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Life Male Steam Academy Cs?
Life Male Steam Academy Cs students are 83.2% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.