An equity score of 64/100 ranks New Kensington-Arnold Sd #172 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,297 per pupil, New Kensington-Arnold Sd ranks #414 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,923
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,297
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 $17,297 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 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 64/100, ranked #172 of 649 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 largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
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 reports 95.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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 $17,297 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #172 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 64/100, ranking #172 out of 649 districts in Pennsylvania.