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South Hadley, Massachusetts - 1 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) #235 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,653 per pupil, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) ranks #267 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) operates 1 public schools serving 390 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Hampshire County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,653 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 84.0% local, 8.0% state, and 8.0% 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 33/100, ranked #235 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 198.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.6% White, 27.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% African American across the district's schools.
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public School accounts for 100.0% of all Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) a distant remainder — means Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — 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.
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) chronic absenteeism rate is 43.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)?
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 390 students.
How much does Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) spend per student?
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) spends $19,653 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #235 in Massachusetts.
What is the demographic composition of Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)?
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) students are 55.6% White, 27.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% African American, 1.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District)?
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter Public (District) has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #235 out of 362 districts in Massachusetts.