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New Kensington, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks New Kensington-Arnold Sd #224 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,569 per pupil, New Kensington-Arnold Sd ranks #517 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,923
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,569
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Kensington-Arnold Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,923 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 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 Westmoreland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,569 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 31.0% local, 55.8% state, and 13.2% 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 59/100, ranked #224 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 452.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 54.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 37.9% White, 35.0% African American, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roy a. Hunt El Sch, with a diversity index of 68.5/100.
Its largest campus is Valley Jshs, enrolling 905 students (46% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Martin Sch, at 147 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Valley Jshs accounts for 46.4% of all New Kensington-Arnold Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of New Kensington-Arnold Sd a distant remainder — means New Kensington-Arnold 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.
New Kensington-Arnold Sd school enrollment varies 6.2× across entities
New Kensington-Arnold Sd school enrollment ranges from 147 students (lowest) to 905 students (highest), a spread of 758 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.
New Kensington-Arnold Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.3% 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.
New Kensington-Arnold Sd student-counselor ratio is 453:1 — 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.
New Kensington-Arnold Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 54.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
New Kensington-Arnold Sd has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,923 students.
How much does New Kensington-Arnold Sd spend per student?
New Kensington-Arnold Sd spends $15,569 per student. The district has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #224 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of New Kensington-Arnold Sd?
New Kensington-Arnold Sd students are 37.9% White, 35.0% African American, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Kensington-Arnold Sd?
New Kensington-Arnold Sd has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #224 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.