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New Matamoras, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Frontier Local #48 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,641 per pupil, Frontier Local ranks #248 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
513
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,641
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Frontier Local operates 4 public schools serving 513 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 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 Washington County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,641 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 24.4% local, 60.9% state, and 14.6% 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 74/100, ranked #48 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 218:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Frontier High/Middle School, with a diversity index of 7.2/100.
Its largest campus is Frontier High/Middle School, enrolling 218 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Frontier Local Virtual School, at 3 students, a 73x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Frontier High/Middle School accounts for 40.4% of all Frontier Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Frontier Local-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.
Frontier Local school enrollment varies 73× across entities
Frontier Local school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 218 students (highest), a spread of 215 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Frontier Local student-counselor ratio is 218:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Frontier Local chronic absenteeism rate is 25.2% — 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 Frontier Local is typically wider than the Frontier Local-aggregate figure suggests.