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Sayre, Pennsylvania - 2 schools
An equity score of 77/100 ranks Sayre Area Sd #68 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,483 per pupil, Sayre Area Sd ranks #224 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Sayre Area Sd operates 2 public schools serving 903 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 Bradford County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,483 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.3% local, 49.0% state, and 12.8% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 77/100, ranked #68 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 (1 AP courses district-wide), a 313:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 6.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Snyder El Sch, enrolling 428 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Snyder El Sch accounts for 47.4% of all Sayre Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sayre Area Sd a distant remainder — means Sayre Area 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.
Sayre Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 96.3% 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.
Sayre Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 313:1 — 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 Sayre Area Sd is typically wider than the Sayre Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Sayre Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 6.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Sayre Area Sd has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 903 students.
How much does Sayre Area Sd spend per student?
Sayre Area Sd spends $18,483 per student. The district has an equity score of 77/100, ranking #68 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Sayre Area Sd?
Sayre Area Sd students are 90.7% White, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 2.0% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sayre Area Sd?
Sayre Area Sd has an equity score of 77/100, ranking #68 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.