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Mount Gilead, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Mount Gilead Exempted Village #227 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,872 per pupil, Mount Gilead Exempted Village ranks #462 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,024
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,872
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Gilead Exempted Village operates 3 public schools serving 1,024 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Morrow County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,872 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 45.9% local, 39.7% state, and 14.4% 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 57/100, ranked #227 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 325:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 45.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mt Gilead Middle School, with a diversity index of 20.6/100.
Its largest campus is Park Avenue Elementary School, enrolling 475 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Park Avenue Elementary School accounts for 46.4% of all Mount Gilead Exempted Village student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mount Gilead Exempted Village a distant remainder — means Mount Gilead Exempted Village-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.
Mount Gilead Exempted Village school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Mount Gilead Exempted Village school enrollment ranges from 226 students (lowest) to 475 students (highest), a spread of 249 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.
Mount Gilead Exempted Village student-counselor ratio is 325:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Mount Gilead Exempted Village is typically wider than the Mount Gilead Exempted Village-aggregate figure suggests.
Mount Gilead Exempted Village chronic absenteeism rate is 45.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Mount Gilead Exempted Village's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Mount Gilead Exempted Village?
Mount Gilead Exempted Village has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,024 students.
How much does Mount Gilead Exempted Village spend per student?
Mount Gilead Exempted Village spends $13,872 per student. The district has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #227 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Mount Gilead Exempted Village?
Mount Gilead Exempted Village students are 90.0% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mount Gilead Exempted Village?
Mount Gilead Exempted Village has an equity score of 57/100, ranking #227 out of 806 districts in Ohio.