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Northwood, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Northwood Local Schools #214 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,912 per pupil, Northwood Local Schools ranks #320 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwood Local Schools operates 3 public schools serving 891 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Wood County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,912 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 55.0% local, 34.0% state, and 11.0% 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 58/100, ranked #214 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 810:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.6% White, 11.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwood Elementary School, with a diversity index of 43.7/100.
Its largest campus is Northwood Elementary School, enrolling 453 students (55% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ranger Online Academy, at 8 students, a 57x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Northwood Elementary School accounts for 50.8% of all Northwood Local Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwood Local Schools a distant remainder — means Northwood Local Schools-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.
Northwood Local Schools school enrollment varies 57× across entities
Northwood Local Schools school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 453 students (highest), a spread of 445 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Northwood Local Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.1% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Northwood Local Schools student-counselor ratio is 810:1 — 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.
Northwood Local Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 30.6% — 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.
Northwood Local Schools has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 891 students.
How much does Northwood Local Schools spend per student?
Northwood Local Schools spends $14,912 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #214 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Northwood Local Schools?
Northwood Local Schools students are 82.6% White, 11.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.6% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Northwood Local Schools?
Northwood Local Schools has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #214 out of 806 districts in Ohio.