 The District is one 17 public school districts in Westmoreland County and one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 66.1% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, reported that 44 students in the New Kensington–Arnold School District were homeless.