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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Northwood Academy Cs #483 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,184 per pupil, Northwood Academy Cs ranks #448 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwood Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 760 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 Philadelphia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,184 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 75.9% local, 0.7% state, and 23.4% 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 34/100, ranked #483 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.
a 398:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.8% African American, 24.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Northwood Academy Cs, enrolling 796 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Northwood Academy Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Northwood Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwood Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Northwood Academy 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.
Northwood Academy Cs has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.3% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Northwood Academy Cs student-counselor ratio is 398:1 — 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.
Northwood Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — 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 Northwood Academy Cs is typically wider than the Northwood Academy Cs-aggregate figure suggests.
Northwood Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 760 students.
How much does Northwood Academy Cs spend per student?
Northwood Academy Cs spends $16,184 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #483 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Northwood Academy Cs?
Northwood Academy Cs students are 69.8% African American, 24.4% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% White, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Northwood Academy Cs?
Northwood Academy Cs has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #483 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.