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Cresson, Pennsylvania - 5 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Penn Cambria Sd #410 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,294 per pupil, Penn Cambria Sd ranks #611 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,531
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,294
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Penn Cambria Sd operates 5 public schools serving 1,531 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 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 Cambria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,294 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 27.9% local, 58.4% state, and 13.6% 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 40/100, ranked #410 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 457.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.5% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Penn Cambria Pre-Primary, with a diversity index of 14.6/100.
Its largest campus is Penn Cambria Hs, enrolling 538 students (37% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Penn Cambria Pre-Primary, at 103 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Penn Cambria Hs accounts for 35.1% of all Penn Cambria Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Penn Cambria 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.
Penn Cambria Sd school enrollment varies 5.2× across entities
Penn Cambria Sd school enrollment ranges from 103 students (lowest) to 538 students (highest), a spread of 435 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.
Penn Cambria Sd student-counselor ratio is 458:1 — 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.
Penn Cambria Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 43.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Penn Cambria Sd has 5 schools, including 1 high, 3 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,531 students.
How much does Penn Cambria Sd spend per student?
Penn Cambria Sd spends $14,294 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #410 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Penn Cambria Sd?
Penn Cambria Sd students are 94.5% White, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Penn Cambria Sd?
Penn Cambria Sd has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #410 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.