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Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania - 2 schools
An equity score of 69/100 ranks Mahanoy Area Sd #118 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,260 per pupil, Mahanoy Area Sd ranks #331 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,063
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$17,260
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mahanoy Area Sd operates 2 public schools serving 1,063 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Schuylkill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,260 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 28.6% local, 59.1% state, and 12.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 69/100, ranked #118 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 566:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.8% White, 43.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mahanoy Area El Sch, enrolling 589 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Mahanoy Area El Sch accounts for 52.0% of all Mahanoy Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mahanoy Area Sd a distant remainder — means Mahanoy Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Mahanoy Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 98.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Mahanoy Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 566:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Mahanoy Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — 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 Mahanoy Area Sd is typically wider than the Mahanoy Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Mahanoy Area Sd has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,063 students.
How much does Mahanoy Area Sd spend per student?
Mahanoy Area Sd spends $17,260 per student. The district has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #118 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Mahanoy Area Sd?
Mahanoy Area Sd students are 50.8% White, 43.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mahanoy Area Sd?
Mahanoy Area Sd has an equity score of 69/100, ranking #118 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.