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Elyria, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Constellation Schools: Elyria Community #652 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,634 per pupil, Constellation Schools: Elyria Community ranks #890 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$10,634
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community operates 1 public schools serving 396 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Lorain County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,634 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.3% local, 73.7% state, and 26.0% 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 30/100, ranked #652 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.
and 40.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.3% White, 26.4% African American, 18.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community accounts for 100.0% of all Constellation Schools: Elyria Community student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Constellation Schools: Elyria Community a distant remainder — means Constellation Schools: Elyria Community-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.
Constellation Schools: Elyria Community chronic absenteeism rate is 40.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Constellation Schools: Elyria Community's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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