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Bellaire, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 68/100 ranks Bellaire Local #87 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,714 per pupil, Bellaire Local ranks #350 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,132
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,714
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bellaire Local operates 3 public schools serving 1,132 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Belmont County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,714 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.4% local, 39.3% state, and 21.4% 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 68/100, ranked #87 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.
a 389:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 48.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.7% White, 4.4% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bellaire High School, with a diversity index of 32.0/100.
Its largest campus is Bellaire Elementary School, enrolling 489 students (42% of the district's total enrollment).
Bellaire Elementary School accounts for 41.9% of all Bellaire Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bellaire Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Bellaire Local student-counselor ratio is 389:1 — 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.
Bellaire Local chronic absenteeism rate is 48.3% — 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.
Bellaire Local has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,132 students.
How much does Bellaire Local spend per student?
Bellaire Local spends $14,714 per student. The district has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #87 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Bellaire Local?
Bellaire Local students are 82.7% White, 4.4% African American, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bellaire Local?
Bellaire Local has an equity score of 68/100, ranking #87 out of 806 districts in Ohio.