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Cincinnati, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Finneytown Local #183 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,193 per pupil, Finneytown Local ranks #287 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,189
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,193
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Finneytown Local operates 2 public schools serving 1,189 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,193 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 59.2% local, 33.5% state, and 7.4% 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 60/100, ranked #183 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 125.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.3% African American, 25.7% White, 8.4% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Finneytown Elementary, enrolling 648 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Finneytown Elementary accounts for 54.5% of all Finneytown Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Finneytown Local a distant remainder — means Finneytown Local-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.
Finneytown Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.7% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Finneytown Local student-counselor ratio is 125:1 — 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.
Finneytown Local chronic absenteeism rate is 54.7% — 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.
Finneytown Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,189 students.
How much does Finneytown Local spend per student?
Finneytown Local spends $15,193 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #183 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Finneytown Local?
Finneytown Local students are 46.3% African American, 25.7% White, 8.4% Asian, 7.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Finneytown Local?
Finneytown Local has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #183 out of 806 districts in Ohio.