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Port Allegany, Pennsylvania - 2 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Port Allegany Sd #215 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,148 per pupil, Port Allegany Sd ranks #553 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Port Allegany Sd operates 2 public schools serving 886 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Mckean County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,148 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 20.9% local, 63.5% state, and 15.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 60/100, ranked #215 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 348.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Port Allegany El Sch, enrolling 508 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Port Allegany El Sch accounts for 57.3% of all Port Allegany Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Port Allegany Sd a distant remainder — means Port Allegany Sd-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.
Port Allegany Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 89.9% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Port Allegany Sd student-counselor ratio is 349:1 — 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 Port Allegany Sd is typically wider than the Port Allegany Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Port Allegany Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 46.4% — 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.
Port Allegany Sd has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 886 students.
How much does Port Allegany Sd spend per student?
Port Allegany Sd spends $15,148 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #215 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Port Allegany Sd?
Port Allegany Sd students are 94.7% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Port Allegany Sd?
Port Allegany Sd has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #215 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.