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South Williamsport, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks South Williamsport Area Sd #445 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,055 per pupil, South Williamsport Area Sd ranks #562 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,120
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,055
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
South Williamsport Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 1,120 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 Lycoming County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,055 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 41.5% local, 46.8% state, and 11.7% 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 37/100, ranked #445 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 (6 AP courses district-wide), a 356:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 2.9% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Williamsport Area Jshs, with a diversity index of 17.9/100.
Its largest campus is South Williamsport Area Jshs, enrolling 478 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
South Williamsport Area Jshs accounts for 42.7% of all South Williamsport Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means South Williamsport 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.
South Williamsport Area Sd school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
South Williamsport Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 176 students (lowest) to 478 students (highest), a spread of 302 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.
South Williamsport Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 356:1 — 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.
South Williamsport Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 44.1% — 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.
How many schools are in South Williamsport Area Sd?
South Williamsport Area Sd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,120 students.
How much does South Williamsport Area Sd spend per student?
South Williamsport Area Sd spends $15,055 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #445 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of South Williamsport Area Sd?
South Williamsport Area Sd students are 91.2% White, 2.9% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for South Williamsport Area Sd?
South Williamsport Area Sd has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #445 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.