An equity score of 60/100 ranks Pike County Area #207 of 821 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,711 per pupil, Pike County Area ranks #189 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pike County Area operates 1 public schools serving 443 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Pike County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,711 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.3% local, 60.8% state, and 9.9% 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 60/100, ranked #207 of 821 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 445:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 51.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (443 to 448 students, +1.1%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $8,937,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 43.2% went to instruction, 38.6% to support services, and 9% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Vern Riffe Career Technology C accounts for 100.0% of all Pike County Area student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pike County Area a distant remainder — means Pike County Area-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Pike County Area reports 53.3% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Pike County Area student-counselor ratio is 445:1 — 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.
Pike County Area chronic absenteeism rate is 51.7% — 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.
Pike County Area has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 443 students.
How much does Pike County Area spend per student?
Pike County Area spends $17,711 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #207 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Pike County Area?
Pike County Area students are 96.0% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pike County Area?
Pike County Area has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #207 out of 821 districts in Ohio.