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Stow, Ohio - 9 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Stow-Munroe Falls City School District #656 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,690 per pupil, Stow-Munroe Falls City School District ranks #664 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,175
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,690
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District operates 9 public schools serving 5,175 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 combined, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Summit County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,690 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 61.3% local, 28.8% state, and 9.9% 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 29/100, ranked #656 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 514.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.3% White, 6.2% African American, 5.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Riverview Elementary School, with a diversity index of 45.5/100.
Its largest campus is Stow-Munroe Falls High School, enrolling 1,648 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Woodland Elementary School, at 270 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stow-Munroe Falls High School accounts for 31.8% of all Stow-Munroe Falls City School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stow-Munroe Falls City School District-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.
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District school enrollment ranges from 270 students (lowest) to 1,648 students (highest), a spread of 1,378 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.
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District student-counselor ratio is 515:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District chronic absenteeism rate is 20.2% — 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 Stow-Munroe Falls City School District is typically wider than the Stow-Munroe Falls City School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Stow-Munroe Falls City School District'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 Stow-Munroe Falls City School District?
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District has 9 schools, including 2 combined, 1 middle, 6 elementary. Total enrollment is 5,175 students.
How much does Stow-Munroe Falls City School District spend per student?
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District spends $12,690 per student. The district has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #656 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Stow-Munroe Falls City School District?
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District students are 79.3% White, 6.2% African American, 5.3% Asian, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 9 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Stow-Munroe Falls City School District?
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District has an equity score of 29/100, ranking #656 out of 806 districts in Ohio.