An equity score of 53/100 ranks Tacony Academy Cs #280 of 649 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,638 per pupil, Tacony Academy Cs ranks #97 of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,084
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Tacony Academy Cs operates 1 public schools serving 1,084 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Philadelphia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,638 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 672 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending. See how Pennsylvania compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 77.4% local, 1.3% state, and 21.3% 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 53/100, ranked #280 of 649 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 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 541.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 36.0% African American, 25.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Tacony Academy Cs, enrolling 1,083 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Tacony Academy Cs accounts for 99.9% of all Tacony Academy Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tacony Academy Cs a distant remainder — means Tacony Academy Cs-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Tacony Academy Cs reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Tacony Academy Cs student-counselor ratio is 542:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Tacony Academy Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 33.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Tacony Academy Cs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,084 students.
How much does Tacony Academy Cs spend per student?
Tacony Academy Cs spends $21,638 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #280 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Tacony Academy Cs?
Tacony Academy Cs students are 36.0% African American, 25.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% White, 7.8% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Tacony Academy Cs?
Tacony Academy Cs has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #280 out of 649 districts in Pennsylvania.