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Piqua, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Piqua City #346 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,967 per pupil, Piqua City ranks #444 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,154
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,967
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Piqua City operates 5 public schools serving 3,154 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Miami County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,967 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 44.3% local, 37.8% state, and 17.9% 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 49/100, ranked #346 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 474.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 80.3% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Springcreek Primary Elementary School, with a diversity index of 38.0/100.
Its largest campus is Piqua High School, enrolling 931 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Piqua High School accounts for 29.5% of all Piqua City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Piqua City-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.
Piqua City school enrollment varies 2.0× across entities
Piqua City school enrollment ranges from 456 students (lowest) to 931 students (highest), a spread of 475 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Piqua City has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.8% 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.
Piqua City student-counselor ratio is 474:1 — 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.
Piqua City chronic absenteeism rate is 45.3% — 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.
Piqua City has 5 schools, including 1 high, 3 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,154 students.
How much does Piqua City spend per student?
Piqua City spends $13,967 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #346 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Piqua City?
Piqua City students are 80.3% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Piqua City?
Piqua City has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #346 out of 806 districts in Ohio.