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Sidney, Ohio - 7 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Sidney City #566 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,014 per pupil, Sidney City ranks #761 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,158
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,014
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sidney City operates 7 public schools serving 3,158 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,014 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 40.0% local, 43.7% state, and 16.3% 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 36/100, ranked #566 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 352.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 44.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.4% White, 5.0% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sidney Middle School, with a diversity index of 46.4/100.
Its largest campus is Sidney Middle School, enrolling 840 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jacket Virtual Academy, at 131 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sidney Middle School accounts for 26.6% of all Sidney City student enrollment
That concentration means Sidney City-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.
Sidney City school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities
Sidney City school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 840 students (highest), a spread of 709 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.
Sidney City has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 54.1% 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.
Sidney City student-counselor ratio is 353:1 — 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.
Sidney City chronic absenteeism rate is 44.0% — 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.
Sidney City has 7 schools, including 4 elementary, 1 high, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 3,158 students.
How much does Sidney City spend per student?
Sidney City spends $12,014 per student. The district has an equity score of 36/100, ranking #566 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Sidney City?
Sidney City students are 75.4% White, 5.0% African American, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.5% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sidney City?
Sidney City has an equity score of 36/100, ranking #566 out of 806 districts in Ohio.