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Wintersville, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Indian Creek Local #477 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,822 per pupil, Indian Creek Local ranks #782 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,963
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,822
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Indian Creek Local operates 5 public schools serving 1,963 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle 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 Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,822 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 42.2% local, 44.9% state, and 12.9% 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 41/100, ranked #477 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 429.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.7% White, 4.5% African American, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8, with a diversity index of 32.4/100.
Its largest campus is Indian Creek High School, enrolling 517 students (27% of the district's total enrollment).
Indian Creek High School accounts for 26.3% of all Indian Creek Local student enrollment
That concentration means Indian Creek 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.
Indian Creek Local school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Indian Creek Local school enrollment ranges from 249 students (lowest) to 517 students (highest), a spread of 268 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.
Indian Creek Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 52.4% 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.
Indian Creek Local student-counselor ratio is 430:1 — 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.
Indian Creek Local chronic absenteeism rate is 51.5% — 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.
Indian Creek Local has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,963 students.
How much does Indian Creek Local spend per student?
Indian Creek Local spends $11,822 per student. The district has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #477 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Indian Creek Local?
Indian Creek Local students are 85.7% White, 4.5% African American, 3.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Indian Creek Local?
Indian Creek Local has an equity score of 41/100, ranking #477 out of 806 districts in Ohio.