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Pittston, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Pittston Area Sd #561 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,939 per pupil, Pittston Area Sd ranks #570 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,101
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$14,939
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pittston Area Sd operates 4 public schools serving 3,101 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Luzerne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,939 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 53.4% local, 35.2% state, and 11.4% 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 26/100, ranked #561 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 719:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 38.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% White, 17.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Martin F Quinn Pittston Area Primary Ctr, with a diversity index of 52.7/100.
Its largest campus is Pittston Area Shs, enrolling 1,055 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Pittston Area Shs accounts for 32.5% of all Pittston Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pittston Area 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.
Pittston Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Pittston Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 719:1 — 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.
Pittston Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 38.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Pittston Area Sd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,101 students.
How much does Pittston Area Sd spend per student?
Pittston Area Sd spends $14,939 per student. The district has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #561 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Pittston Area Sd?
Pittston Area Sd students are 70.5% White, 17.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American, 1.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pittston Area Sd?
Pittston Area Sd has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #561 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.