Inquiry CS
A public school district in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 272
- Students enrolled
- 18
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 40.1
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $21,507
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 272 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,805th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 656th of 777 in Pennsylvania. Larger than 22% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $21,507 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 78% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Inquiry CS spent $21,507 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,504 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $21,507 | $5.8 million | 268 |
| FY2022 | $16,650 | $4.4 million | 263 |
| FY2021 | $13,202 | $3.5 million | 262 |
| FY2020 | $16,117 | $4.3 million | 266 |
| FY2019 | $19,144 | $4.5 million | 236 |
| FY2018 | $18,981 | $3.9 million | 207 |
| FY2017 | $15,695 | $3.0 million | 190 |
| FY2016 | $17,051 | $2.3 million | 137 |
| FY2015 | $21,770 | $2.5 million | 113 |
| FY2014 | $16,735 | $2.0 million | 117 |
| FY2013 | $17,879 | $2.1 million | 116 |
| FY2012 | $15,893 | $1.9 million | 122 |
| FY2011 | $16,726 | $1.8 million | 106 |
| FY2010 | $11,123 | $1.4 million | 122 |
| FY2009 | $10,475 | $1.2 million | 118 |
| FY2008 | $10,496 | $1.2 million | 117 |
| FY2007 | $13,299 | $891.0 thousand | 67 |
| FY2006 | $9,933 | $884.0 thousand | 89 |
| FY2005 | $7,504 | $878.0 thousand | 117 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $2.1 million | 34.0% |
| State | $36.0 thousand | 0.6% |
| Local | $4.1 million | 65.4% |
| Total | $6.2 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Inquiry CS | 272 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 5
- NCES district ID
- 4200042
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Pennsylvania — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Pennsylvania — A to Z, each with its page.
- Pennsylvania on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved