Sycamore Community Schools

Listed by NCES as Sycamore Community City (district ID 3904486)

Public school district · Hamilton County · Ohio · NCES district ID 3904486

Sycamore Community Schools spent $16,334 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 80% of the other Ohio districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $14,273). Its 7 schools enrolled 6,051 students in 2024-25; 11.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,282 per student, down 0.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 96% (Ohio: 86.2%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Ohio districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Sycamore Community Schools in enrollment (5,535 to 5,903 students) and Sycamore Community Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Sycamore Community Schools, FY23Elyria City $17,206; Sycamore Community Schools $16,334; Berea City $15,139; Strongsville City $14,640; Huber Heights City Schools $13,612; Perrysburg Schools $13,438; Delaware City Schools $13,377; Findlay City Schools $12,996; Marysville Schools $12,642; Alternative Education Academy $7,984; State median, 1,000+ students $14,273.5k10k15k20kElyria City$17,206Sycamore Community Schools$16,334Berea City$15,139Strongsville City$14,640Huber Heights City Schools$13,612Perrysburg Schools$13,438Delaware City Schools$13,377Findlay City Schools$12,996Marysville Schools$12,642Alternative Education Academy$7,984State median, 1,000+ students $14,273
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Sycamore Community Schools, FY23Elyria City $17,206; Sycamore Community Schools $16,334; Berea City $15,139; Strongsville City $14,640; Huber Heights City Schools $13,612; Perrysburg Schools $13,438; Delaware City Schools $13,377; Findlay City Schools $12,996; Marysville Schools $12,642; Alternative Education Academy $7,984; State median, 1,000+ students $14,273.5k10k15k20kElyria City$17,206Sycamore Community Schools$16,334Berea City$15,139Strongsville City$14,640Huber Heights City Schools$13,612Perrysburg Schools$13,438Delaware City Schools$13,377Findlay City Schools$12,996Marysville Schools$12,642Alternative Education Academy$7,984State median, 1,000+ students $14,273
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Sycamore Community Schools, FY23Elyria City $17,206; Sycamore Community Schools $16,334; Berea City $15,139; Strongsville City $14,640; Huber Heights City Schools $13,612; Perrysburg Schools $13,438; Delaware City Schools $13,377; Findlay City Schools $12,996; Marysville Schools $12,642; Alternative Education Academy $7,984; State median, 1,000+ students $14,273.5k10k15k20kElyria City$17,206Sycamore Community Schools$16,334Berea City$15,139Strongsville City$14,640Huber Heights City Schools$13,612Perrysburg Schools$13,438Delaware City Schools$13,377Findlay City Schools$12,996Marysville Schools$12,642Alternative Education Academy$7,984State median, 1,000+ students $14,273
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Sycamore Community Schools, FY23Elyria City $17,206; Sycamore Community Schools $16,334; Berea City $15,139; Strongsville City $14,640; Huber Heights City Schools $13,612; Perrysburg Schools $13,438; Delaware City Schools $13,377; Findlay City Schools $12,996; Marysville Schools $12,642; Alternative Education Academy $7,984; State median, 1,000+ students $14,273.5k10k15k20kElyria City$17,206Sycamore Community Schools$16,334Berea City$15,139Strongsville City$14,640Huber Heights City Schools$13,612Perrysburg Schools$13,438Delaware City Schools$13,377Findlay City Schools$12,996Marysville Schools$12,642Alternative Education Academy$7,984State median, 1,000+ students $14,273

Where the money came from

$107,969,000 in revenue: 11.6% state, 83.0% local and 5.4% federal. Total spending including $50,558,000 of capital outlay was $151,039,000, or $26,573 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Sycamore Community Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $12,502,000; Local $89,666,000; Federal $5,801,000; total $107,969,000.
  • State$12,502,000 12%
  • Local$89,666,000 83%
  • Federal$5,801,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 452 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

5,684 students in 2022-23, 5,939 students in 2023-24, 6,051 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Sycamore Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,684, 2023-24: 5,939, 2024-25: 6,05102k4k6k8k2022-235,6842023-245,9392024-256,051
Sycamore Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,684, 2023-24: 5,939, 2024-25: 6,05102k4k6k8k2022-235,6842023-245,9392024-256,051
Sycamore Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,684, 2023-24: 5,939, 2024-25: 6,05102k4k6k8k2022-235,6842023-245,9392024-256,051
Sycamore Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 5,684, 2023-24: 5,939, 2024-25: 6,05102k4k6k8k2022-235,6842023-245,9392024-256,051

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-235,684347.516.4
2023-245,939348.017.1
2024-256,051350.817.2

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$35,013,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $6,160 per student

Sycamore Community Schools booked $35,013,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 363 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $96,327 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 87 in 100 Ohio districts with a figure (state median $78,983, 642 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Ohio teacher salary at $63,153 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$27,716,00079.2%
Special education$7,297,00020.8%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $5,396 in 2018-19, $5,605 in 2019-20, $6,053 in 2020-21, $6,067 in 2021-22, $6,160 in 2022-23.

Sycamore Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,396, 2019-20: $5,605, 2020-21: $6,053, 2021-22: $6,067, 2022-23: $6,16002k4k6k8k2018-19$5,3962019-20$5,6052020-21$6,0532021-22$6,0672022-23$6,160
Sycamore Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,396, 2019-20: $5,605, 2020-21: $6,053, 2021-22: $6,067, 2022-23: $6,16002k4k6k8k2018-19$5,3962019-20$5,6052020-21$6,0532021-22$6,0672022-23$6,160
Sycamore Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,396, 2019-20: $5,605, 2020-21: $6,053, 2021-22: $6,067, 2022-23: $6,16002k4k6k8k2018-19$5,3962019-20$5,6052020-21$6,0532021-22$6,0672022-23$6,160
Sycamore Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $5,396, 2019-20: $5,605, 2020-21: $6,053, 2021-22: $6,067, 2022-23: $6,16002k4k6k8k2018-19$5,3962019-20$5,6052020-21$6,0532021-22$6,0672022-23$6,160

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Sycamore Community Schools scored proficient or above: 84% in reading and 86% in math, against 59% in reading and 54% in math across Ohio. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Ohio, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtOhioStudents tested
Reading and language arts84%59%2,544
Math86%54%2,551

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

96% of the 396 students in Sycamore Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across Ohio. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtOhio
Four-year graduation rate96%86.2%
Students in the class396132,008

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

4 elementary schools, 2,456 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Symmes Elementary School65615.422.4%Targeted program
Blue Ash Elementary65019.114.6%Not Title I
Maple Dale Elementary School58418.313.4%Not Title I
Montgomery Elementary School56618.311.3%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 middle schools, 1,917 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Edwin H Greene Intermediate Middle School99617.815.2%Targeted program
Sycamore Junior High School92120.214.7%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 1,678 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Sycamore High School1,67815.316.8%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Sycamore Community Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Sycamore Community Schools

  1. Ohio districts by spending per studentSycamore Community Schools ranks 93 of 452 Ohio districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($16,334).#93 of 452
  2. Every school district in OhioSycamore Community Schools is the number 52 by size of 999 Ohio districts, with 5,684 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#52 of 999
  3. Strongsville City School DistrictThe next larger Ohio district: 5,695 students in fall 2022, $14,640 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$14,640
  4. Delaware City SchoolsThe next smaller Ohio district: 5,595 students in fall 2022, $13,377 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,377
  5. Compare Sycamore Community Schools with Strongsville City School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Sycamore High School, its largest high school1,678 students in 2024-25, 15.3 per teacher.1,678
  7. Teacher salary spending across OhioSycamore Community Schools spent $96,327 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $78,983); spending, not a salary.$96,327
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Sycamore Community Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Sycamore Community Schools?
    7 schools were open in 2024-25 (4 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high), enrolling 6,051 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Sycamore Community Schools spend per student?
    $16,334 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Ohio median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $14,273 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $16,282 per student, down 0.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Sycamore Community Schools' money come from?
    $107,969,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 11.6% state, 83.0% local and 5.4% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Sycamore Community Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 384 of the 7,220 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 5.3%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Sycamore Community Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $35,013,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $6,160 per student. Divided by the 363 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $96,327 per teacher, more than 87 in 100 Ohio districts (state median $78,983). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Ohio teacher salary at $63,153 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Sycamore Community Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Sycamore Community Schools scored proficient or above: 84% in reading and 86% in math, against 59% in reading and 54% in math across Ohio. Ohio's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Sycamore Community Schools?
    96% of the 396 students in Sycamore Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across Ohio. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Sycamore Community Schools' NCES district ID?
    3904486. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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