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Weatherly, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Weatherly Area Sd #202 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,690 per pupil, Weatherly Area Sd ranks #107 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
610
Total Enrollment
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$20,690
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Weatherly Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 610 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 middle, 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 Carbon County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,690 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 51.1% local, 40.4% state, and 8.5% 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 61/100, ranked #202 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 350.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 28.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.9% White, 11.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Weatherly Area El Sch, with a diversity index of 29.1/100.
Its largest campus is Weatherly Area El Sch, enrolling 291 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Weatherly Area El Sch accounts for 47.7% of all Weatherly Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Weatherly Area Sd a distant remainder — means Weatherly Area Sd-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.
Weatherly Area Sd school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Weatherly Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 125 students (lowest) to 291 students (highest), a spread of 166 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.
Weatherly Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 53.6% 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.
Weatherly Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 350:1 — 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.
Weatherly Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 28.4% — 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 Weatherly Area Sd is typically wider than the Weatherly Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Weatherly Area Sd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 high. Total enrollment is 610 students.
How much does Weatherly Area Sd spend per student?
Weatherly Area Sd spends $20,690 per student. The district has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #202 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Weatherly Area Sd?
Weatherly Area Sd students are 84.9% White, 11.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Weatherly Area Sd?
Weatherly Area Sd has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #202 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.