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Painesville, Ohio - 7 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Painesville City Local #170 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,081 per pupil, Painesville City Local ranks #296 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,669
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$15,081
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Painesville City Local operates 7 public schools serving 2,669 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,081 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 23.1% local, 59.8% state, and 17.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #170 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 373.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% White, 13.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maple Elementary School, with a diversity index of 62.4/100.
Its largest campus is Harvey High School, enrolling 847 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Harvey Academy, at 1 students, a 847x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Harvey High School accounts for 30.0% of all Painesville City Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Painesville City Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Painesville City Local school enrollment varies 847× across entities
Painesville City Local school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 847 students (highest), a spread of 846 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.
Painesville City Local student-counselor ratio is 374:1 — 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.
Painesville City Local chronic absenteeism rate is 42.3% — 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.
Painesville City Local has 7 schools, including 2 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,669 students.
How much does Painesville City Local spend per student?
Painesville City Local spends $15,081 per student. The district has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #170 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Painesville City Local?
Painesville City Local students are 59.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% White, 13.8% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Painesville City Local?
Painesville City Local has an equity score of 61/100, ranking #170 out of 806 districts in Ohio.