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Reading, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Reading Community City #336 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,801 per pupil, Reading Community City ranks #787 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,534
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$11,801
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Reading Community City operates 2 public schools serving 1,534 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,801 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 45.5% local, 38.9% state, and 15.5% 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 50/100, ranked #336 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 387.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.7% White, 13.5% African American, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Reading Elementary School, enrolling 770 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Reading Elementary School accounts for 50.2% of all Reading Community City student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Reading Community City a distant remainder — means Reading Community City-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.
Reading Community City has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.6% 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 — including this one — 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.
Reading Community City student-counselor ratio is 387:1 — 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.
Reading Community City chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — 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 Reading Community City is typically wider than the Reading Community City-aggregate figure suggests.
Reading Community City has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,534 students.
How much does Reading Community City spend per student?
Reading Community City spends $11,801 per student. The district has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #336 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Reading Community City?
Reading Community City students are 68.7% White, 13.5% African American, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Reading Community City?
Reading Community City has an equity score of 50/100, ranking #336 out of 806 districts in Ohio.