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Ashtabula, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Buckeye Local #554 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,018 per pupil, Buckeye Local ranks #759 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,704
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,018
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Buckeye Local operates 4 public schools serving 1,704 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 $12,018 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 35.5% local, 48.0% state, and 16.5% 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 37/100, ranked #554 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 547.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.2% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ridgeview Elementary School, with a diversity index of 40.0/100.
Its largest campus is Edgewood High School, enrolling 470 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Edgewood High School accounts for 27.6% of all Buckeye Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Buckeye Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Buckeye Local student-counselor ratio is 548:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Buckeye Local chronic absenteeism rate is 43.5% — 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.
Buckeye Local has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,704 students.
How much does Buckeye Local spend per student?
Buckeye Local spends $12,018 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #554 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Buckeye Local?
Buckeye Local students are 80.2% White, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Buckeye Local?
Buckeye Local has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #554 out of 806 districts in Ohio.