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Munhall, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 83/100 ranks Steel Valley Sd #31 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,694 per pupil, Steel Valley Sd ranks #35 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,388
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$23,694
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Steel Valley Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,388 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high 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 Allegheny County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,694 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 68 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 52.7% local, 41.4% state, and 5.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 83/100, ranked #31 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 352.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.2% White, 40.8% African American, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Steel Valley Shs, with a diversity index of 66.3/100.
Its largest campus is Steel Valley Ms, enrolling 429 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Steel Valley Ms accounts for 30.4% of all Steel Valley Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Steel Valley Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Steel Valley Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.1% 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.
Steel Valley Sd student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — 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.
Steel Valley Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — 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.
Steel Valley Sd has 4 schools, including 3 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,388 students.
How much does Steel Valley Sd spend per student?
Steel Valley Sd spends $23,694 per student. The district has an equity score of 83/100, ranking #31 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Steel Valley Sd?
Steel Valley Sd students are 43.2% White, 40.8% African American, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Steel Valley Sd?
Steel Valley Sd has an equity score of 83/100, ranking #31 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.