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Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Mifflinburg Area Sd #255 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,236 per pupil, Mifflinburg Area Sd ranks #336 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,676
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,236
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mifflinburg Area Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,676 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Union County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,236 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 48.0% local, 37.8% state, and 14.2% 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 55/100, ranked #255 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 (10 AP courses district-wide), a 362.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mifflinburg Area Shs, with a diversity index of 18.6/100.
Its largest campus is Mifflinburg Area Shs, enrolling 499 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Mifflinburg Area Shs accounts for 29.3% of all Mifflinburg Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mifflinburg Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Mifflinburg Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 363:1 — 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.
Mifflinburg Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.1% — 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 Mifflinburg Area Sd is typically wider than the Mifflinburg Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Mifflinburg Area Sd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,676 students.
How much does Mifflinburg Area Sd spend per student?
Mifflinburg Area Sd spends $17,236 per student. The district has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #255 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Mifflinburg Area Sd?
Mifflinburg Area Sd students are 91.2% White, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mifflinburg Area Sd?
Mifflinburg Area Sd has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #255 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.