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Kalida, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Kalida Local #589 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,733 per pupil, Kalida Local ranks #654 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
600
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,733
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kalida Local operates 2 public schools serving 600 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Putnam County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,733 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 54.7% local, 37.7% state, and 7.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #589 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 393:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 5.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Kalida High School, enrolling 393 students (66% of the district's total enrollment).
Kalida High School accounts for 65.5% of all Kalida Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kalida Local a distant remainder — means Kalida Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Kalida Local student-counselor ratio is 393:1 — 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.
Kalida Local chronic absenteeism rate is 5.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Kalida Local has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 600 students.
How much does Kalida Local spend per student?
Kalida Local spends $12,733 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #589 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Kalida Local?
Kalida Local students are 98.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Kalida Local?
Kalida Local has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #589 out of 806 districts in Ohio.