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Lucas, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Lucas Local #166 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,821 per pupil, Lucas Local ranks #335 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
435
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,821
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lucas Local operates 3 public schools serving 435 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Richland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,821 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 53.7% local, 36.3% state, and 10.1% 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 62/100, ranked #166 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 140:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.5% White, 1.2% African American, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lucas Heritage Middle School, with a diversity index of 13.5/100.
Its largest campus is Lucas Elementary School, enrolling 200 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Lucas Elementary School accounts for 46.0% of all Lucas Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lucas Local a distant remainder — means Lucas 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.
Lucas Local school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Lucas Local school enrollment ranges from 70 students (lowest) to 200 students (highest), a spread of 130 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.
Lucas Local student-counselor ratio is 140:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Lucas Local chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Lucas Local is typically wider than the Lucas Local-aggregate figure suggests.