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Solon, Ohio - 7 schools
An equity score of 48/100 ranks Solon City #358 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,356 per pupil, Solon City ranks #144 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,673
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$17,356
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Solon City operates 7 public schools serving 4,673 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,356 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 84.1% local, 12.3% state, and 3.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 48/100, ranked #358 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (28 AP courses district-wide), a 351.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.5% White, 22.3% Asian, 14.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center, with a diversity index of 69.7/100.
Its largest campus is Solon High School, enrolling 1,519 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center, at 76 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Solon High School accounts for 32.5% of all Solon City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Solon 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.
Solon City school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Solon City school enrollment ranges from 76 students (lowest) to 1,519 students (highest), a spread of 1,443 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Solon City student-counselor ratio is 351:1 — 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.
Solon City chronic absenteeism rate is 13.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Solon City has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 4,673 students.
How much does Solon City spend per student?
Solon City spends $17,356 per student. The district has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #358 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Solon City?
Solon City students are 49.5% White, 22.3% Asian, 14.7% African American, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Solon City?
Solon City has an equity score of 48/100, ranking #358 out of 806 districts in Ohio.