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Hamilton, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 88/100 ranks Butler Technology & Career Development Schools #1 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $30,379 per pupil, Butler Technology & Career Development Schools ranks #13 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,671
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$30,379
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,671 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 high, 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 Butler County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $30,379 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.9% local, 55.8% state, and 4.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 88/100, ranked #1 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 233.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 64.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.3% White, 16.5% African American, 11.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Butler Tech Bioscience Center, with a diversity index of 64.1/100.
D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center accounts for 55.7% of all Butler Technology & Career Development Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Butler Technology & Career Development Schools a distant remainder — means Butler Technology & Career Development Schools-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.
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools school enrollment varies 8.9× across entities
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools school enrollment ranges from 104 students (lowest) to 930 students (highest), a spread of 826 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools student-counselor ratio is 233:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 64.3% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Butler Technology & Career Development Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Butler Technology & Career Development Schools?
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools has 4 schools, including 1 combined, 3 high. Total enrollment is 1,671 students.
How much does Butler Technology & Career Development Schools spend per student?
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools spends $30,379 per student. The district has an equity score of 88/100, ranking #1 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Butler Technology & Career Development Schools?
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools students are 63.3% White, 16.5% African American, 11.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Butler Technology & Career Development Schools?
Butler Technology & Career Development Schools has an equity score of 88/100, ranking #1 out of 806 districts in Ohio.