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Ontario, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 13/100 ranks Ontario Local #791 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,125 per pupil, Ontario Local ranks #911 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,932
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,125
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ontario Local operates 3 public schools serving 1,932 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Richland County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,125 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 55.8% local, 30.4% state, and 13.8% 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 13/100, ranked #791 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 554.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 7.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.4% White, 3.7% African American, 2.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ontario High School, with a diversity index of 32.7/100.
Its largest campus is Stingel Elementary School, enrolling 922 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Stingel Elementary School accounts for 47.7% of all Ontario Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ontario Local a distant remainder — means Ontario Local-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.
Ontario Local student-counselor ratio is 554:1 — 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.
Ontario Local chronic absenteeism rate is 7.7% — 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.
Ontario Local has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,932 students.
How much does Ontario Local spend per student?
Ontario Local spends $10,125 per student. The district has an equity score of 13/100, ranking #791 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Ontario Local?
Ontario Local students are 84.4% White, 3.7% African American, 2.6% Asian, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ontario Local?
Ontario Local has an equity score of 13/100, ranking #791 out of 806 districts in Ohio.