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Hawley, Pennsylvania - 5 schools
An equity score of 80/100 ranks Wallenpaupack Area Sd #43 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $26,810 per pupil, Wallenpaupack Area Sd ranks #22 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,796
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$26,810
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wallenpaupack Area Sd operates 5 public schools serving 2,796 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Pike County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $26,810 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 70.2% local, 23.2% state, and 6.5% 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 80/100, ranked #43 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 199.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 28.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.5% White, 12.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wallenpaupack Pri Sch, with a diversity index of 34.0/100.
Its largest campus is Wallenpaupack Area Hs, enrolling 986 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wallenpaupack South El Sch, at 254 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wallenpaupack Area Hs accounts for 35.3% of all Wallenpaupack Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wallenpaupack Area Sd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Wallenpaupack Area Sd school enrollment varies 3.9× across entities
Wallenpaupack Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 254 students (lowest) to 986 students (highest), a spread of 732 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.
Wallenpaupack Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.3% 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 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.
Wallenpaupack Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Wallenpaupack Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 28.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Wallenpaupack Area Sd is typically wider than the Wallenpaupack Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Wallenpaupack Area Sd has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,796 students.
How much does Wallenpaupack Area Sd spend per student?
Wallenpaupack Area Sd spends $26,810 per student. The district has an equity score of 80/100, ranking #43 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Wallenpaupack Area Sd?
Wallenpaupack Area Sd students are 81.5% White, 12.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wallenpaupack Area Sd?
Wallenpaupack Area Sd has an equity score of 80/100, ranking #43 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.