An equity score of 37/100 ranks Penn-Delco Sd #447 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,417 per pupil, Penn-Delco Sd ranks #396 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,258
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$17,417
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Penn-Delco Sd operates 6 public schools serving 3,258 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Delaware County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,417 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.5% local, 25.7% state, and 4.8% 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 37/100, ranked #447 of 649 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 308.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 6.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.5% White, 9.0% African American, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Parkside El Sch, with a diversity index of 61.0/100.
Its largest campus is Sun Valley Hs, enrolling 1,042 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Parkside El Sch, at 252 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sun Valley Hs accounts for 32.0% of all Penn-Delco Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Penn-Delco Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Penn-Delco Sd school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities
Penn-Delco Sd school enrollment ranges from 252 students (lowest) to 1,042 students (highest), a spread of 790 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-Delco Sd student-counselor ratio is 308:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Penn-Delco Sd is typically wider than the Penn-Delco Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Penn-Delco Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 6.1% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.