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New Wilmington, Pennsylvania - 3 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Wilmington Area Sd #58 of 648 districts in Pennsylvania (state average 49). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,800 per pupil, Wilmington Area Sd ranks #200 of 671 Pennsylvania districts by per-pupil spending (Pennsylvania districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
983
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,800
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilmington Area Sd operates 3 public schools serving 983 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Pennsylvania. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Lawrence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,800 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 42.3% local, 47.4% state, and 10.3% 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 78/100, ranked #58 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 (9 AP courses district-wide), a 314.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 37.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.4% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilmington Area Hs, with a diversity index of 9.0/100.
Its largest campus is Wilmington Area Hs, enrolling 444 students (47% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wilmington Area Ms, at 142 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wilmington Area Hs accounts for 45.2% of all Wilmington Area Sd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wilmington Area Sd a distant remainder — means Wilmington 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.
Wilmington Area Sd school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities
Wilmington Area Sd school enrollment ranges from 142 students (lowest) to 444 students (highest), a spread of 302 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.
Wilmington Area Sd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.1% 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.
Wilmington Area Sd student-counselor ratio is 314:1 — 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 Wilmington Area Sd is typically wider than the Wilmington Area Sd-aggregate figure suggests.
Wilmington Area Sd chronic absenteeism rate is 37.1% — 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.
Wilmington Area Sd has 3 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 983 students.
How much does Wilmington Area Sd spend per student?
Wilmington Area Sd spends $18,800 per student. The district has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #58 in Pennsylvania.
What is the demographic composition of Wilmington Area Sd?
Wilmington Area Sd students are 96.4% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wilmington Area Sd?
Wilmington Area Sd has an equity score of 78/100, ranking #58 out of 648 districts in Pennsylvania.