NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Smithville, OH

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5 public K-12 schools in Smithville from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
1,743
Students
39.2/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Smithville has more public-school enrollment than 9% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Wayne County Schools Career Center enrolls 35.8% of Smithville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

2 of the 5 listed Smithville schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Smithville lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 46 to 624 students, a 14-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 91%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
42nd percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Wayne County Schools Career Center accounts for 35.8% of all Smithville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Smithville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Smithville school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Smithville school enrollment ranges from 46 students (lowest) to 624 students (highest), a spread of 578 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Smithville student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Smithville is typically wider than the Smithville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Smithville's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Green Middle School 50
2. Smithville High School 43
3. Wayne County Schools Career Center 35
4. Green Elementary School 34
5. Liberty Preparatory School 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Smithville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Liberty Preparatory School 37.1/100
  2. 2 Green Elementary School 28.4/100
  3. 3 Wayne County Schools Career Center 27.0/100
  4. 4 Green Middle School 22.2/100
  5. 5 Smithville High School 11.7/100

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Which Smithville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Green Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Smithville schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Smithville, OH? ▼

Smithville has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,743 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.