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Perry, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Perry Local #116 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,541 per pupil, Perry Local ranks #108 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,505
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$18,541
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Perry Local operates 4 public schools serving 1,505 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,541 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 43.9% local, 46.0% state, and 10.1% 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 65/100, ranked #116 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 411.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.4% White, 12.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Perry Elementary School, with a diversity index of 34.1/100.
Its largest campus is Perry Elementary School, enrolling 538 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Perry Virtual Learning School, at 5 students, a 108x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Perry Elementary School accounts for 35.7% of all Perry Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Perry 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.
Perry Local school enrollment varies 108× across entities
Perry Local school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 538 students (highest), a spread of 533 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.
Perry Local student-counselor ratio is 412:1 — 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 19.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Perry Local is typically wider than the Perry Local-aggregate figure suggests.
Perry Local has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 1,505 students.
How much does Perry Local spend per student?
Perry Local spends $18,541 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #116 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Perry Local?
Perry Local students are 81.4% White, 12.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Perry Local?
Perry Local has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #116 out of 806 districts in Ohio.