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Lowellville, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Lowellville Local #217 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,757 per pupil, Lowellville Local ranks #480 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
468
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$13,757
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lowellville Local operates 2 public schools serving 468 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 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 Mahoning County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,757 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 33.7% local, 55.5% state, and 10.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 58/100, ranked #217 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 454:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.9% White, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lowellville Elementary School, enrolling 247 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Lowellville Elementary School accounts for 52.8% of all Lowellville Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lowellville Local a distant remainder — means Lowellville Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Lowellville Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.4% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Lowellville Local student-counselor ratio is 454:1 — 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.
Lowellville Local chronic absenteeism rate is 50.7% — 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.
Lowellville Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 468 students.
How much does Lowellville Local spend per student?
Lowellville Local spends $13,757 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #217 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Lowellville Local?
Lowellville Local students are 80.9% White, 10.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lowellville Local?
Lowellville Local has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #217 out of 806 districts in Ohio.