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Ottoville, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Ottoville Local #395 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,436 per pupil, Ottoville Local ranks #542 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
489
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,436
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ottoville Local operates 2 public schools serving 489 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 Putnam County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,436 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 45.0% local, 47.9% state, and 7.1% 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 46/100, ranked #395 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 7.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.3% White, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ottoville Elementary School, enrolling 279 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Ottoville Elementary School accounts for 57.1% of all Ottoville Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ottoville Local a distant remainder — means Ottoville 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.
Ottoville Local student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Ottoville Local chronic absenteeism rate is 7.9% — 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.
Ottoville Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 489 students.
How much does Ottoville Local spend per student?
Ottoville Local spends $13,436 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #395 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Ottoville Local?
Ottoville Local students are 98.3% White, 0.5% Asian, 0.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ottoville Local?
Ottoville Local has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #395 out of 806 districts in Ohio.