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Ashland, Pennsylvania - 2 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks North Schuylkill Sd #520 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,239 per pupil, North Schuylkill Sd ranks #614 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,098
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,239
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
North Schuylkill Sd operates 2 public schools serving 2,098 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined 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 $14,239 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 38.6% local, 49.9% state, and 11.5% 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 30/100, ranked #520 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 699.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.2% White, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is North Schuylkill Elem Sch, enrolling 1,064 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
North Schuylkill Elem Sch accounts for 50.7% of all North Schuylkill Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of North Schuylkill Sd a distant remainder — means North Schuylkill Sd-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.
North Schuylkill Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
North Schuylkill Sd student-counselor ratio is 699:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
North Schuylkill Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — 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.
North Schuylkill Sd has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,098 students.
How much does North Schuylkill Sd spend per student?
North Schuylkill Sd spends $14,239 per student. The district has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #520 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of North Schuylkill Sd?
North Schuylkill Sd students are 81.2% White, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for North Schuylkill Sd?
North Schuylkill Sd has an equity score of 30/100, ranking #520 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.