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Delaware, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Delaware Area Career Center #318 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $54,195 per pupil, Delaware Area Career Center ranks #1 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Delaware Area Career Center operates 1 public schools serving 253 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Delaware County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $54,195 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.0% local, 25.2% state, and 4.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 52/100, ranked #318 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.
a 52.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 96.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% White, 6.7% African American, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Delaware Area Career Center South Campus accounts for 100.0% of all Delaware Area Career Center student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Delaware Area Career Center a distant remainder — means Delaware Area Career Center-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Delaware Area Career Center student-counselor ratio is 53:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Delaware Area Career Center chronic absenteeism rate is 96.8% — 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.
How many schools are in Delaware Area Career Center?
Delaware Area Career Center has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 253 students.
How much does Delaware Area Career Center spend per student?
Delaware Area Career Center spends $54,195 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #318 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Delaware Area Career Center?
Delaware Area Career Center students are 81.9% White, 6.7% African American, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Delaware Area Career Center?
Delaware Area Career Center has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #318 out of 806 districts in Ohio.