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Sylvania, Ohio - 13 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Sylvania Schools #632 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,978 per pupil, Sylvania Schools ranks #612 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,662
Total Enrollment
13
Schools
$12,978
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sylvania Schools operates 13 public schools serving 7,662 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 3 middle, 3 combined, 2 high 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 Lucas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,978 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 68.0% local, 23.2% state, and 8.8% 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 31/100, ranked #632 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 2 of 13 schools offering Advanced Placement (51 AP courses district-wide), a 409.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.7% White, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stranahan Elementary School, with a diversity index of 49.6/100.
Sylvania Northview High School accounts for 16.7% of all Sylvania Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Sylvania Schools-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.
Sylvania Schools school enrollment varies 58× across entities
Sylvania Schools school enrollment ranges from 22 students (lowest) to 1,283 students (highest), a spread of 1,261 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sylvania Schools student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — 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.
Sylvania Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 21.7% — 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 Sylvania Schools is typically wider than the Sylvania Schools-aggregate figure suggests.