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Lorain, Ohio - 1 schools
At $13,596 per pupil, Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary ranks #513 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary operates 1 public schools serving 142 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 $13,596 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 3.8% local, 65.9% state, and 30.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 69.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 37.1% Hispanic or Latino, 30.3% White, 27.0% African American across the district's schools.
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary accounts for 62.7% of all Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary a distant remainder — means Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary-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: Lorain Community Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 69.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary?
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 142 students.
How much does Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary spend per student?
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary spends $13,596 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary?
Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Elementary students are 37.1% Hispanic or Latino, 30.3% White, 27.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.