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Bellville, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Clear Fork Valley Local #738 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,780 per pupil, Clear Fork Valley Local ranks #790 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,564
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,780
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Clear Fork Valley Local operates 5 public schools serving 1,564 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 Richland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,780 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 46.0% local, 44.0% state, and 10.0% 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 23/100, ranked #738 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.
a 412:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.5% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Clear Fork Valley Preschool, with a diversity index of 13.9/100.
Its largest campus is Clear Fork High School, enrolling 412 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Clear Fork Valley Preschool, at 54 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Clear Fork High School accounts for 26.3% of all Clear Fork Valley Local student enrollment
That concentration means Clear Fork Valley 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.
Clear Fork Valley Local school enrollment varies 7.6× across entities
Clear Fork Valley Local school enrollment ranges from 54 students (lowest) to 412 students (highest), a spread of 358 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.
Clear Fork Valley Local student-counselor ratio is 412:1 — 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.
Clear Fork Valley Local chronic absenteeism rate is 16.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Clear Fork Valley Local is typically wider than the Clear Fork Valley Local-aggregate figure suggests.
Clear Fork Valley Local has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,564 students.
How much does Clear Fork Valley Local spend per student?
Clear Fork Valley Local spends $11,780 per student. The district has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #738 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Clear Fork Valley Local?
Clear Fork Valley Local students are 93.5% White, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Clear Fork Valley Local?
Clear Fork Valley Local has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #738 out of 806 districts in Ohio.