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Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Schuylkill Haven Area Sd #299 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,207 per pupil, Schuylkill Haven Area Sd ranks #444 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,148
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,207
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Schuylkill Haven Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Schuylkill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,207 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 40.1% local, 50.2% state, and 9.7% 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 51/100, ranked #299 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 387:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.8% White, 9.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Schuylkill Haven El Ctr, with a diversity index of 25.2/100.
Its largest campus is Schuylkill Haven Shs, enrolling 455 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Schuylkill Haven Shs accounts for 39.2% of all Schuylkill Haven Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Schuylkill Haven 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.
Schuylkill Haven Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 387:1 — 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.
Schuylkill Haven Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 19.4% — 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 Schuylkill Haven Area Sd is typically wider than the Schuylkill Haven Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.