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Saint Bernard, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 73/100 ranks St Bernard-Elmwood Place City #54 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,454 per pupil, St Bernard-Elmwood Place City ranks #184 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$16,454
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City operates 3 public schools serving 752 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,454 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 30.3% local, 58.0% state, and 11.7% 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 73/100, ranked #54 of 806 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 461.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.5% African American, 37.3% White, 11.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is St Bernard Elementary School, enrolling 381 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
St Bernard Elementary School accounts for 43.7% of all St Bernard-Elmwood Place City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means St Bernard-Elmwood Place 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.
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City school enrollment ranges from 132 students (lowest) to 381 students (highest), a spread of 249 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.
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.4% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City student-counselor ratio is 462:1 — 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.
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City chronic absenteeism rate is 50.1% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to St Bernard-Elmwood Place City's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in St Bernard-Elmwood Place City?
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City has 3 schools, including 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 752 students.
How much does St Bernard-Elmwood Place City spend per student?
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City spends $16,454 per student. The district has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #54 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of St Bernard-Elmwood Place City?
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City students are 38.5% African American, 37.3% White, 11.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for St Bernard-Elmwood Place City?
St Bernard-Elmwood Place City has an equity score of 73/100, ranking #54 out of 806 districts in Ohio.