An equity score of 24/100 ranks Millcreek Township Sd #575 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,389 per pupil, Millcreek Township Sd ranks #586 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,411
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$15,389
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Millcreek Township Sd operates 9 public schools serving 6,411 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 3 middle, 2 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Erie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,389 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 61.0% local, 28.6% state, and 10.3% 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 24/100, ranked #575 of 649 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (22 AP courses district-wide), a 510.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.1% White, 8.8% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Belle Valley El Sch, with a diversity index of 56.5/100.
Its largest campus is Mcdowell Hs, enrolling 2,133 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Walnut Creek Ms, at 399 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mcdowell Hs accounts for 33.3% of all Millcreek Township Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Millcreek Township Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Millcreek Township Sd school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities
Millcreek Township Sd school enrollment ranges from 399 students (lowest) to 2,133 students (highest), a spread of 1,734 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.
Millcreek Township Sd student-counselor ratio is 511:1 — 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.
Millcreek Township Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.