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Mansfield, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Foundation Academy #509 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,846 per pupil, Foundation Academy ranks #944 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Foundation Academy operates 1 public schools serving 460 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 Richland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,846 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 66.1% state, and 33.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #509 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.
and 66.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.9% White, 30.9% African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Foundation Academy, enrolling 382 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Foundation Academy accounts for 83.0% of all Foundation Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Foundation Academy a distant remainder — means Foundation Academy-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.
Foundation Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 66.8% — 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.
Foundation Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 460 students.
How much does Foundation Academy spend per student?
Foundation Academy spends $8,846 per student. The district has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #509 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Foundation Academy?
Foundation Academy students are 47.9% White, 30.9% African American, 3.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Foundation Academy?
Foundation Academy has an equity score of 40/100, ranking #509 out of 806 districts in Ohio.