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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 9/100 ranks Vida Cs #640 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,467 per pupil, Vida Cs ranks #599 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Vida Cs operates 1 public schools serving 238 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Adams County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,467 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 86.5% local, 0.7% state, and 12.8% 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 9/100, ranked #640 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.
a 251:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 10.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.2% Hispanic or Latino, 37.8% White, 4.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Vida Cs, enrolling 251 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Vida Cs accounts for 100.0% of all Vida Cs student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Vida Cs a distant remainder — means Vida Cs-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.
Vida Cs student-counselor ratio is 251:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Vida Cs is typically wider than the Vida Cs-aggregate figure suggests.
Vida Cs chronic absenteeism rate is 10.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Vida Cs has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 238 students.
How much does Vida Cs spend per student?
Vida Cs spends $14,467 per student. The district has an equity score of 9/100, ranking #640 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Vida Cs?
Vida Cs students are 54.2% Hispanic or Latino, 37.8% White, 4.0% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Vida Cs?
Vida Cs has an equity score of 9/100, ranking #640 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.