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Ada, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Ada Exempted Village #107 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,565 per pupil, Ada Exempted Village ranks #520 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Ada Exempted Village operates 3 public schools serving 856 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 combined, 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 Hardin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,565 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.1% local, 44.4% state, and 11.4% 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 66/100, ranked #107 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, 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 (1 AP courses district-wide), a 432.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.7% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ada Elementary School, enrolling 461 students (53% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ada Bulldog Academy, at 3 students, a 154x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ada Elementary School accounts for 53.1% of all Ada Exempted Village student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ada Exempted Village a distant remainder — means Ada Exempted Village-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.
Ada Exempted Village school enrollment varies 154× across entities
Ada Exempted Village school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 461 students (highest), a spread of 458 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ada Exempted Village has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.4% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Ada Exempted Village student-counselor ratio is 433:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Ada Exempted Village chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Ada Exempted Village is typically wider than the Ada Exempted Village-aggregate figure suggests.
Ada Exempted Village has 3 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 856 students.
How much does Ada Exempted Village spend per student?
Ada Exempted Village spends $13,565 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #107 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Ada Exempted Village?
Ada Exempted Village students are 86.7% White, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.2% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ada Exempted Village?
Ada Exempted Village has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #107 out of 806 districts in Ohio.