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Coldwater, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Coldwater Exempted Village #524 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,843 per pupil, Coldwater Exempted Village ranks #778 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,410
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,843
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Coldwater Exempted Village operates 3 public schools serving 1,410 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 Mercer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,843 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 41.1% local, 47.7% state, and 11.1% 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 #524 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 714.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.4% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Coldwater High School, with a diversity index of 10.6/100.
Its largest campus is Coldwater Elementary School, enrolling 667 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Coldwater Elementary School accounts for 45.2% of all Coldwater Exempted Village student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Coldwater Exempted Village a distant remainder — means Coldwater Exempted Village-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Coldwater Exempted Village student-counselor ratio is 714:1 — 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.
Coldwater Exempted Village chronic absenteeism rate is 5.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
How many schools are in Coldwater Exempted Village?
Coldwater Exempted Village has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,410 students.
How much does Coldwater Exempted Village spend per student?
Coldwater Exempted Village spends $11,843 per student. The district has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #524 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Coldwater Exempted Village?
Coldwater Exempted Village students are 95.4% White, 1.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Coldwater Exempted Village?
Coldwater Exempted Village has an equity score of 39/100, ranking #524 out of 806 districts in Ohio.