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New Concord, Ohio - 6 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks East Muskingum Local #692 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,797 per pupil, East Muskingum Local ranks #788 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,070
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,797
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
East Muskingum Local operates 6 public schools serving 2,070 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Muskingum County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,797 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 40.9% local, 44.2% state, and 15.0% 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 26/100, ranked #692 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 397:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.6% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is John Glenn High School, with a diversity index of 18.2/100.
Its largest campus is John Glenn High School, enrolling 542 students (25% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pike Elementary School, at 124 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
John Glenn High School accounts for 25.1% of all East Muskingum Local student enrollment
That concentration means East Muskingum 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.
East Muskingum Local school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
East Muskingum Local school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 542 students (highest), a spread of 418 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.
East Muskingum Local student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
East Muskingum Local chronic absenteeism rate is 20.3% — 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 East Muskingum Local is typically wider than the East Muskingum Local-aggregate figure suggests.
East Muskingum Local has 6 schools, including 1 high, 5 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,070 students.
How much does East Muskingum Local spend per student?
East Muskingum Local spends $11,797 per student. The district has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #692 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of East Muskingum Local?
East Muskingum Local students are 93.6% White, 1.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for East Muskingum Local?
East Muskingum Local has an equity score of 26/100, ranking #692 out of 806 districts in Ohio.