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Lancaster, Pennsylvania - 10 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Penn Manor Sd #613 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,744 per pupil, Penn Manor Sd ranks #632 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,550
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$13,744
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Penn Manor Sd operates 10 public schools serving 5,550 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Lancaster County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,744 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 62.8% local, 28.7% state, and 8.4% 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 17/100, ranked #613 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 517.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.7% White, 15.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hambright El Sch, with a diversity index of 69.8/100.
Its largest campus is Penn Manor Hs, enrolling 1,807 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Martic El Sch, at 291 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Penn Manor Hs accounts for 32.6% of all Penn Manor Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Penn Manor 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 Manor Sd school enrollment varies 6.2× across entities
Penn Manor Sd school enrollment ranges from 291 students (lowest) to 1,807 students (highest), a spread of 1,516 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 Manor Sd student-counselor ratio is 518:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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 Manor Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 20.2% — 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 Penn Manor Sd is typically wider than the Penn Manor Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Penn Manor Sd has 10 schools, including 1 high, 7 elementary, 2 middle. Total enrollment is 5,550 students.
How much does Penn Manor Sd spend per student?
Penn Manor Sd spends $13,744 per student. The district has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #613 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Penn Manor Sd?
Penn Manor Sd students are 70.7% White, 15.4% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% African American, 3.4% Asian, averaged across 10 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Penn Manor Sd?
Penn Manor Sd has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #613 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.