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Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Mount Carmel Area Sd #421 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,857 per pupil, Mount Carmel Area Sd ranks #657 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,548
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,857
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Carmel Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,548 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Northumberland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,857 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.8% local, 62.5% state, and 12.7% 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 39/100, ranked #421 of 648 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 384.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.8% White, 14.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mount Carmel Area El Sch, with a diversity index of 41.0/100.
Its largest campus is Mount Carmel Area El Sch, enrolling 796 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mount Carmel Area Jh, at 253 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mount Carmel Area El Sch accounts for 51.3% of all Mount Carmel Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mount Carmel Area Sd a distant remainder — means Mount Carmel 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.
Mount Carmel Area Sd school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities
Mount Carmel Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 253 students (lowest) to 796 students (highest), a spread of 543 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.
Mount Carmel Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.4% 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.
Mount Carmel Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 385:1 — 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.
Mount Carmel Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — 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.
Mount Carmel Area Sd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,548 students.
How much does Mount Carmel Area Sd spend per student?
Mount Carmel Area Sd spends $12,857 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #421 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Mount Carmel Area Sd?
Mount Carmel Area Sd students are 77.8% White, 14.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mount Carmel Area Sd?
Mount Carmel Area Sd has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #421 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.