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Arcanum, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Franklin Monroe Local #252 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,352 per pupil, Franklin Monroe Local ranks #397 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
510
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,352
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Franklin Monroe Local operates 2 public schools serving 510 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 Darke County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,352 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 39.6% local, 48.9% state, and 11.6% 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 55/100, ranked #252 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.
a 430.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.7% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian across the district's schools.
Franklin Monroe Elementary School accounts for 50.8% of all Franklin Monroe Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Franklin Monroe Local a distant remainder — means Franklin Monroe 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.
Franklin Monroe Local student-counselor ratio is 431:1 — 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.
Franklin Monroe Local chronic absenteeism rate is 3.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Franklin Monroe Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 510 students.
How much does Franklin Monroe Local spend per student?
Franklin Monroe Local spends $14,352 per student. The district has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #252 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Franklin Monroe Local?
Franklin Monroe Local students are 93.7% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Franklin Monroe Local?
Franklin Monroe Local has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #252 out of 806 districts in Ohio.