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Creston, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Norwayne Local #587 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,195 per pupil, Norwayne Local ranks #735 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,305
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,195
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Norwayne Local operates 4 public schools serving 1,305 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,195 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 42.6% local, 43.8% state, and 13.6% 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 35/100, ranked #587 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.
a 362.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.0% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Norwayne Middle School, with a diversity index of 11.7/100.
Its largest campus is Norwayne Elementary School, enrolling 539 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Norwayne Online School, at 5 students, a 108x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Norwayne Elementary School accounts for 41.3% of all Norwayne Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Norwayne 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.
Norwayne Local school enrollment varies 108× across entities
Norwayne Local school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 539 students (highest), a spread of 534 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Norwayne Local student-counselor ratio is 363:1 — 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.
Norwayne Local chronic absenteeism rate is 10.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Norwayne Local has 4 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,305 students.
How much does Norwayne Local spend per student?
Norwayne Local spends $12,195 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #587 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Norwayne Local?
Norwayne Local students are 94.0% White, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Norwayne Local?
Norwayne Local has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #587 out of 806 districts in Ohio.