An equity score of 42/100 ranks Penns Valley Area Sd #390 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,094 per pupil, Penns Valley Area Sd ranks #331 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,352
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,094
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Penns Valley Area Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,352 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Centre County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,094 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.6% local, 34.4% state, and 6.9% 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 42/100, ranked #390 of 649 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.8% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Miles Township El Sch, with a diversity index of 11.0/100.
Its largest campus is Penns Valley Area Jshs, enrolling 632 students (50% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Miles Township El Sch, at 86 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Penns Valley Area Jshs accounts for 46.7% of all Penns Valley Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Penns Valley Area Sd a distant remainder — means Penns Valley Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Penns Valley Area Sd school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Penns Valley Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 86 students (lowest) to 632 students (highest), a spread of 546 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.
Penns Valley Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — 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.
Penns Valley Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — 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 Penns Valley Area Sd is typically wider than the Penns Valley Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Penns Valley Area Sd has 4 schools, including 3 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,352 students.
How much does Penns Valley Area Sd spend per student?
Penns Valley Area Sd spends $18,094 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #390 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Penns Valley Area Sd?
Penns Valley Area Sd students are 95.8% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Penns Valley Area Sd?
Penns Valley Area Sd has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #390 out of 649 districts in Pennsylvania.