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Wellsboro, Pennsylvania - 4 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Wellsboro Area Sd #188 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,866 per pupil, Wellsboro Area Sd ranks #276 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,420
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,866
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wellsboro Area Sd operates 4 public schools serving 1,420 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 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 Tioga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,866 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 49.8% local, 36.9% state, and 13.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 62/100, ranked #188 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 340.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 8.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% White, 1.0% Asian, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Don Gill El Sch, with a diversity index of 17.0/100.
Its largest campus is Wellsboro Area Hs, enrolling 496 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Charlotte Lappla El Sch, at 156 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wellsboro Area Hs accounts for 34.9% of all Wellsboro Area Sd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wellsboro 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.
Wellsboro Area Sd school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Wellsboro Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 156 students (lowest) to 496 students (highest), a spread of 340 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.
Wellsboro Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 341:1 — 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 Wellsboro Area Sd is typically wider than the Wellsboro Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Wellsboro Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 8.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Wellsboro Area Sd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,420 students.
How much does Wellsboro Area Sd spend per student?
Wellsboro Area Sd spends $17,866 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #188 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Wellsboro Area Sd?
Wellsboro Area Sd students are 93.8% White, 1.0% Asian, 0.7% African American, 0.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wellsboro Area Sd?
Wellsboro Area Sd has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #188 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.