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Cambridge, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Cambridge City #208 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,727 per pupil, Cambridge City ranks #485 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,883
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,727
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cambridge City operates 5 public schools serving 1,883 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Guernsey County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,727 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 31.8% local, 45.6% state, and 22.6% 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 58/100, ranked #208 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 370:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.3% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cambridge Primary School, with a diversity index of 28.8/100.
Its largest campus is Cambridge High School, enrolling 472 students (26% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Cambridge City Preschool, at 81 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cambridge High School accounts for 25.1% of all Cambridge City student enrollment
That concentration means Cambridge City-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.
Cambridge City school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Cambridge City school enrollment ranges from 81 students (lowest) to 472 students (highest), a spread of 391 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.
Cambridge City student-counselor ratio is 370:1 — 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.
Cambridge City chronic absenteeism rate is 49.3% — 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.
Cambridge City has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,883 students.
How much does Cambridge City spend per student?
Cambridge City spends $13,727 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #208 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Cambridge City?
Cambridge City students are 88.3% White, 2.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cambridge City?
Cambridge City has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #208 out of 806 districts in Ohio.