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Shickshinny, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 70/100 ranks Northwest Area Sd #111 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,941 per pupil, Northwest Area Sd ranks #140 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwest Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 906 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Luzerne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,941 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 35.7% local, 55.1% state, and 9.1% 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 70/100, ranked #111 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 209:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.3% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwest Area Primary Sch, with a diversity index of 13.1/100.
Its largest campus is Northwest Area Hs, enrolling 406 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Northwest Area Hs accounts for 44.8% of all Northwest Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Northwest Area 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.
Northwest Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 209:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Northwest Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.1% — 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 Northwest Area Sd is typically wider than the Northwest Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Northwest Area Sd has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 906 students.
How much does Northwest Area Sd spend per student?
Northwest Area Sd spends $19,941 per student. The district has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #111 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Northwest Area Sd?
Northwest Area Sd students are 93.3% White, 0.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Northwest Area Sd?
Northwest Area Sd has an equity score of 70/100, ranking #111 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.