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Chesapeake, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 87/100 ranks Lawrence County #3 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,330 per pupil, Lawrence County ranks #48 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lawrence County operates 1 public schools serving 633 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Lawrence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,330 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.5% local, 36.6% state, and 22.9% 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 87/100, ranked #3 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.
a 189.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 71.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.3% White, 0.9% African American, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lawrence County, enrolling 569 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lawrence County accounts for 89.9% of all Lawrence County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lawrence County a distant remainder — means Lawrence County-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.
Lawrence County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.3% 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.
Lawrence County student-counselor ratio is 190:1 — 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.
Lawrence County chronic absenteeism rate is 71.2% — 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.
Lawrence County has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 633 students.
How much does Lawrence County spend per student?
Lawrence County spends $22,330 per student. The district has an equity score of 87/100, ranking #3 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Lawrence County?
Lawrence County students are 95.3% White, 0.9% African American, 0.7% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lawrence County?
Lawrence County has an equity score of 87/100, ranking #3 out of 806 districts in Ohio.