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Ellwood City, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Riverside Beaver County Sd #423 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,130 per pupil, Riverside Beaver County Sd ranks #455 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,411
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,130
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riverside Beaver County Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,411 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Beaver County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,130 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 39.8% local, 52.8% state, and 7.5% 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 39/100, ranked #423 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 401.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.7% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Riverside Hs, with a diversity index of 12.4/100.
Its largest campus is Riverside El Sch, enrolling 667 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Riverside El Sch accounts for 46.5% of all Riverside Beaver County Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Riverside Beaver County Sd a distant remainder — means Riverside Beaver County 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.
Riverside Beaver County Sd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Riverside Beaver County Sd school enrollment ranges from 307 students (lowest) to 667 students (highest), a spread of 360 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.
Riverside Beaver County Sd student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Riverside Beaver County Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 23.6% — 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 Riverside Beaver County Sd is typically wider than the Riverside Beaver County Sd-aggregate figure suggests.