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Madison, Ohio - 6 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Madison Local #721 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,762 per pupil, Madison Local ranks #878 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,813
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,762
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Madison Local operates 6 public schools serving 2,813 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,762 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 40.6% local, 44.7% state, and 14.8% 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 24/100, ranked #721 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 507:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.5% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Madison Pre-K, with a diversity index of 37.9/100.
Its largest campus is Madison High School, enrolling 818 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Madison Online Learning Academy, at 29 students, a 28x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Madison High School accounts for 29.1% of all Madison Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Madison Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Madison Local school enrollment varies 28× across entities
Madison Local school enrollment ranges from 29 students (lowest) to 818 students (highest), a spread of 789 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Madison Local student-counselor ratio is 507:1 — 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.
Madison Local chronic absenteeism rate is 33.3% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Madison Local has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 2,813 students.
How much does Madison Local spend per student?
Madison Local spends $10,762 per student. The district has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #721 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Madison Local?
Madison Local students are 83.5% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Madison Local?
Madison Local has an equity score of 24/100, ranking #721 out of 806 districts in Ohio.