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Minster, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Minster Local #711 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,916 per pupil, Minster Local ranks #625 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
847
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$12,916
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Minster Local operates 2 public schools serving 847 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 Auglaize County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,916 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 59.6% local, 32.6% state, and 7.8% 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 25/100, ranked #711 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 (5 AP courses district-wide), a 448:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 6.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.7% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Minster Elementary School, enrolling 504 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Minster Elementary School accounts for 56.3% of all Minster Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Minster Local a distant remainder — means Minster 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.
Minster Local student-counselor ratio is 448:1 — 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.
Minster Local chronic absenteeism rate is 6.3% — 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.
Minster Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 847 students.
How much does Minster Local spend per student?
Minster Local spends $12,916 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #711 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Minster Local?
Minster Local students are 95.7% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Minster Local?
Minster Local has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #711 out of 806 districts in Ohio.