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Geneva, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Geneva Area City #552 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,257 per pupil, Geneva Area City ranks #721 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,088
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,257
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Geneva Area City operates 5 public schools serving 2,088 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Ashtabula County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,257 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 45.0% local, 41.0% state, and 14.0% 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 37/100, ranked #552 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 388.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.1% White, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Geneva Platt R. Spencer Elementary School, with a diversity index of 24.3/100.
Its largest campus is Geneva High School, enrolling 656 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Austinburg Elementary School, at 216 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Geneva High School accounts for 31.4% of all Geneva Area City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Geneva Area City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Geneva Area City school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Geneva Area City school enrollment ranges from 216 students (lowest) to 656 students (highest), a spread of 440 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.
Geneva Area City student-counselor ratio is 389:1 — 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.
Geneva Area City chronic absenteeism rate is 42.8% — 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.
Geneva Area City has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,088 students.
How much does Geneva Area City spend per student?
Geneva Area City spends $12,257 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #552 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Geneva Area City?
Geneva Area City students are 90.1% White, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Geneva Area City?
Geneva Area City has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #552 out of 806 districts in Ohio.