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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Universal Institute Cs #201 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,617 per pupil, Universal Institute Cs ranks #76 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Universal Institute Cs operates 1 public schools serving 626 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 $21,617 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 54.3% local, 1.6% state, and 44.1% 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 61/100, ranked #201 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.
a 597:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.1% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Universal Institute Cs, enrolling 597 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Universal Institute Cs accounts for 95.4% of all Universal Institute Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Universal Institute Cs a distant remainder — means Universal Institute Cs-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.
Universal Institute Cs has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 78.3% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Universal Institute Cs student-counselor ratio is 597:1 — 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.
Universal Institute Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 43.0% — 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.
Universal Institute Cs has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 626 students.
How much does Universal Institute Cs spend per student?
Universal Institute Cs spends $21,617 per student. The district has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #201 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Universal Institute Cs?
Universal Institute Cs students are 93.1% African American, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Universal Institute Cs?
Universal Institute Cs has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #201 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.