An equity score of 53/100 ranks Ashtabula Area City #290 of 821 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,337 per pupil, Ashtabula Area City ranks #292 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,047
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$16,337
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ashtabula Area City operates 7 public schools serving 3,047 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Ashtabula County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,337 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.2% local, 49.0% state, and 24.8% 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 53/100, ranked #290 of 821 in Ohio against a state average of 46, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 401.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.7% White, 22.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Michigan Primary School, with a diversity index of 68.4/100.
Its largest campus is Lakeside High School, enrolling 810 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Huron Primary School, at 114 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lakeside High School accounts for 26.6% of all Ashtabula Area City student enrollment
That concentration means Ashtabula Area City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates 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.
Ashtabula Area City school enrollment varies 7.1× across entities
Ashtabula Area City school enrollment ranges from 114 students (lowest) to 810 students (highest), a spread of 696 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.
Ashtabula Area City student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — 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.
Ashtabula Area City chronic absenteeism rate is 45.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Ashtabula Area City has 7 schools, including 1 high, 4 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,047 students.
How much does Ashtabula Area City spend per student?
Ashtabula Area City spends $16,337 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #290 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Ashtabula Area City?
Ashtabula Area City students are 52.7% White, 22.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ashtabula Area City?
Ashtabula Area City has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #290 out of 821 districts in Ohio.