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Lima, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 54/100 ranks Perry Local #272 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,624 per pupil, Perry Local ranks #508 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
723
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,624
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Perry Local operates 2 public schools serving 723 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 Allen County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,624 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 48.2% local, 38.1% state, and 13.7% 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 54/100, ranked #272 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 352:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 43.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 58.0% White, 21.4% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Perry Elementary School, enrolling 408 students (58% of the district's total enrollment).
Perry Elementary School accounts for 56.4% of all Perry Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Perry Local a distant remainder — means Perry 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.
Perry Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.0% 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 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.
Perry Local student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — 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.
Perry Local chronic absenteeism rate is 43.6% — 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.
Perry Local has 2 schools, including 1 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 723 students.
How much does Perry Local spend per student?
Perry Local spends $13,624 per student. The district has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #272 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Perry Local?
Perry Local students are 58.0% White, 21.4% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Perry Local?
Perry Local has an equity score of 54/100, ranking #272 out of 806 districts in Ohio.