An equity score of 42/100 ranks Garaway Local #472 of 821 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,471 per pupil, Garaway Local ranks #691 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,083
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,471
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Garaway Local operates 5 public schools serving 1,083 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 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 Tuscarawas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,471 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.4% local, 34.0% state, and 11.6% 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 42/100, ranked #472 of 821 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 579.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ragersville Elementary School, with a diversity index of 31.3/100.
Its largest campus is Garaway High School, enrolling 441 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Baltic Elementary School, at 139 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Garaway High School accounts for 40.7% of all Garaway Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Garaway Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Garaway Local school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Garaway Local school enrollment ranges from 139 students (lowest) to 441 students (highest), a spread of 302 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Garaway Local student-counselor ratio is 579:1 — 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.
Garaway Local chronic absenteeism rate is 5.1% — 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.
Garaway Local has 5 schools, including 1 combined, 4 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,083 students.
How much does Garaway Local spend per student?
Garaway Local spends $13,471 per student. The district has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #472 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Garaway Local?
Garaway Local students are 90.8% White, 6.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.4% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Garaway Local?
Garaway Local has an equity score of 42/100, ranking #472 out of 821 districts in Ohio.