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Canal Winchester, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Canal Winchester Local #517 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,153 per pupil, Canal Winchester Local ranks #586 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,801
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,153
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Canal Winchester Local operates 4 public schools serving 3,801 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,153 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 49.3% local, 37.1% state, and 13.6% 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 39/100, ranked #517 of 806 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 525.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.8% White, 31.4% African American, 7.0% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Indian Trail Elementary School, with a diversity index of 67.0/100.
Its largest campus is Canal Winchester High School, enrolling 1,121 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Canal Winchester High School accounts for 29.5% of all Canal Winchester Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Canal Winchester 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.
Canal Winchester Local student-counselor ratio is 525:1 — 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.
Canal Winchester Local chronic absenteeism rate is 30.5% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Canal Winchester Local has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,801 students.
How much does Canal Winchester Local spend per student?
Canal Winchester Local spends $13,153 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #517 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Canal Winchester Local?
Canal Winchester Local students are 48.8% White, 31.4% African American, 7.0% Asian, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Canal Winchester Local?
Canal Winchester Local has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #517 out of 806 districts in Ohio.