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Northampton, Pennsylvania - 6 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Northampton Area Sd #343 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,589 per pupil, Northampton Area Sd ranks #304 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,227
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,589
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northampton Area Sd operates 6 public schools serving 5,227 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Northampton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,589 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 66.6% local, 27.1% state, and 6.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #343 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 370.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.6% White, 15.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Colonel John Siegfried El Sch, with a diversity index of 48.0/100.
Its largest campus is Northampton Area Hs, enrolling 1,866 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Moore El Sch, at 362 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Northampton Area Hs accounts for 35.7% of all Northampton Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Northampton Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Northampton Area Sd school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Northampton Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 362 students (lowest) to 1,866 students (highest), a spread of 1,504 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.
Northampton Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — 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.
Northampton Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — 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 Northampton Area Sd is typically wider than the Northampton Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Northampton Area Sd has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 5,227 students.
How much does Northampton Area Sd spend per student?
Northampton Area Sd spends $17,589 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #343 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Northampton Area Sd?
Northampton Area Sd students are 78.6% White, 15.5% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Northampton Area Sd?
Northampton Area Sd has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #343 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.