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Minersville, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Minersville Area Sd #397 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,632 per pupil, Minersville Area Sd ranks #590 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,084
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,632
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Minersville Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,084 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 $14,632 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 40.8% local, 46.2% state, and 13.0% 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 42/100, ranked #397 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 (4 AP courses district-wide), a 443.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.1% White, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Early Childhood Edu Ctr, with a diversity index of 37.7/100.
Its largest campus is Minersville Area Jshs, enrolling 481 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood Edu Ctr, at 101 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Minersville Area Jshs accounts for 44.4% of all Minersville Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Minersville 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.
Minersville Area Sd school enrollment varies 4.8× across entities
Minersville Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 101 students (lowest) to 481 students (highest), a spread of 380 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.
Minersville Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.7% 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.
Minersville Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 444:1 — 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.
Minersville Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Minersville Area Sd has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,084 students.
How much does Minersville Area Sd spend per student?
Minersville Area Sd spends $14,632 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #397 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Minersville Area Sd?
Minersville Area Sd students are 79.1% White, 14.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Minersville Area Sd?
Minersville Area Sd has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #397 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.