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State College, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
At $18,327 per pupil, Nittany Valley Cs ranks #233 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
49
Total Enrollment
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$18,327
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Nittany Valley Cs operates 1 public schools serving 49 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Centre County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,327 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 98.1% local, 0.2% state, and 1.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 17.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.2% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Nittany Valley Cs, enrolling 51 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Nittany Valley Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Nittany Valley Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Nittany Valley Cs a distant remainder — means Nittany Valley Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Nittany Valley Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 17.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Nittany Valley Cs is typically wider than the Nittany Valley Cs-aggregate figure suggests.
Nittany Valley Cs has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 49 students.
How much does Nittany Valley Cs spend per student?
Nittany Valley Cs spends $18,327 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Nittany Valley Cs?
Nittany Valley Cs students are 92.2% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.