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Orwell, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 71/100 ranks Grand Valley Local #74 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,561 per pupil, Grand Valley Local ranks #369 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
882
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,561
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grand Valley Local operates 3 public schools serving 882 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high 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 $14,561 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 35.3% local, 47.8% state, and 16.9% 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 71/100, ranked #74 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 222.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.1% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Grand Valley High School, with a diversity index of 10.6/100.
Grand Valley Elementary School accounts for 41.8% of all Grand Valley Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grand Valley 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.
Grand Valley Local school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Grand Valley Local school enrollment ranges from 172 students (lowest) to 369 students (highest), a spread of 197 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.
Grand Valley Local student-counselor ratio is 223:1 — 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.
Grand Valley Local chronic absenteeism rate is 43.5% — 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.
Grand Valley Local has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 882 students.
How much does Grand Valley Local spend per student?
Grand Valley Local spends $14,561 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #74 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Grand Valley Local?
Grand Valley Local students are 96.1% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Grand Valley Local?
Grand Valley Local has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #74 out of 806 districts in Ohio.