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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks West Phila. Achievement Ces #342 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,024 per pupil, West Phila. Achievement Ces ranks #363 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
West Phila. Achievement Ces operates 1 public schools serving 637 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 Philadelphia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,024 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 48.9% local, 19.6% state, and 31.5% 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 48/100, ranked #342 of 648 in Pennsylvania against a state average of 49, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 654:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.6% African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is West Phila. Achievement Ces, enrolling 654 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
West Phila. Achievement Ces accounts for 100.0% of all West Phila. Achievement Ces student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West Phila. Achievement Ces a distant remainder — means West Phila. Achievement Ces-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.
West Phila. Achievement Ces has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
West Phila. Achievement Ces student-counselor ratio is 654:1 — 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.
West Phila. Achievement Ces chronic absenteeism rate is 31.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
How many schools are in West Phila. Achievement Ces?
West Phila. Achievement Ces has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 637 students.
How much does West Phila. Achievement Ces spend per student?
West Phila. Achievement Ces spends $17,024 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #342 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of West Phila. Achievement Ces?
West Phila. Achievement Ces students are 94.6% African American, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for West Phila. Achievement Ces?
West Phila. Achievement Ces has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #342 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.