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Fairborn, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Fairborn City #438 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,087 per pupil, Fairborn City ranks #600 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,238
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,087
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fairborn City operates 4 public schools serving 4,238 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined, 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 Greene County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,087 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 45.5% local, 39.1% state, and 15.4% 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 43/100, ranked #438 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 566:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.5% White, 11.9% African American, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fairborn Primary School, with a diversity index of 49.6/100.
Its largest campus is Fairborn Primary School, enrolling 1,261 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Fairborn Primary School accounts for 29.6% of all Fairborn City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Fairborn City-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.
Fairborn City student-counselor ratio is 566:1 — 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.
Fairborn City chronic absenteeism rate is 50.1% — 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.
Fairborn City has 4 schools, including 1 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 4,238 students.
How much does Fairborn City spend per student?
Fairborn City spends $13,087 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #438 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Fairborn City?
Fairborn City students are 69.5% White, 11.9% African American, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Fairborn City?
Fairborn City has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #438 out of 806 districts in Ohio.