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Groveport, Ohio - 11 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Groveport Madison Local #278 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,273 per pupil, Groveport Madison Local ranks #406 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,242
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$14,273
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Groveport Madison Local operates 11 public schools serving 6,242 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 3 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,273 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 45.4% local, 36.6% state, and 18.0% 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 53/100, ranked #278 of 806 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 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 1050.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 40.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.1% African American, 25.3% White, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Glendening Elementary School, with a diversity index of 70.5/100.
Its largest campus is Groveport Madison High School, enrolling 1,863 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lil Cruiser Campus, at 124 students, a 15x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Groveport Madison High School accounts for 29.6% of all Groveport Madison Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Groveport Madison Local-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.
Groveport Madison Local school enrollment varies 15× across entities
Groveport Madison Local school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 1,863 students (highest), a spread of 1,739 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Groveport Madison Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Groveport Madison Local student-counselor ratio is 1051:1 — 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.
Groveport Madison Local chronic absenteeism rate is 40.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Groveport Madison Local has 11 schools, including 1 high, 6 elementary, 3 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 6,242 students.
How much does Groveport Madison Local spend per student?
Groveport Madison Local spends $14,273 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #278 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Groveport Madison Local?
Groveport Madison Local students are 50.1% African American, 25.3% White, 12.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Asian, averaged across 11 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Groveport Madison Local?
Groveport Madison Local has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #278 out of 806 districts in Ohio.