An equity score of 37/100 ranks Jackson Center Local #559 of 821 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,568 per pupil, Jackson Center Local ranks #676 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
549
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,568
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jackson Center Local operates 2 public schools serving 549 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,568 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 49.1% local, 43.4% state, and 7.5% 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 #559 of 821 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.
a 576:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.0% White, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Jackson Center Elementary School accounts for 57.3% of all Jackson Center Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Jackson Center Local a distant remainder — means Jackson Center 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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Jackson Center Local reports 70.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Jackson Center Local student-counselor ratio is 576:1 — 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.
Jackson Center Local chronic absenteeism rate is 13.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Jackson Center Local has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 549 students.
How much does Jackson Center Local spend per student?
Jackson Center Local spends $13,568 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #559 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Jackson Center Local?
Jackson Center Local students are 96.0% White, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Jackson Center Local?
Jackson Center Local has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #559 out of 821 districts in Ohio.