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Massillon, Ohio - 1 schools
713
Total Enrollment
1
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Per-Pupil Spending
High
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Stark County Area operates 1 public schools serving 713 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Stark County.
The funding mix is 35.4% local, 58.8% state, and 5.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 368:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
R G Drage Career Technical Ctr accounts for 100.0% of all Stark County Area student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Stark County Area a distant remainder — means Stark County Area-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.
Stark County Area student-counselor ratio is 368:1 — 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.
Stark County Area chronic absenteeism rate is 32.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Stark County Area has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 713 students.
What is the demographic composition of Stark County Area?
Stark County Area students are 92.3% White, 2.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.