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Willow Wood, Ohio - 2 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Symmes Valley Local #215 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,751 per pupil, Symmes Valley Local ranks #228 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
741
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$15,751
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Symmes Valley Local operates 2 public schools serving 741 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Lawrence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,751 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 19.5% local, 67.2% state, and 13.3% 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 58/100, ranked #215 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.
a 370.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.1% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Symmes Valley Elementary School accounts for 73.7% of all Symmes Valley Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Symmes Valley Local a distant remainder — means Symmes Valley Local-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.
Symmes Valley Local student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — 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.
Symmes Valley Local chronic absenteeism rate is 19.6% — 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 Symmes Valley Local is typically wider than the Symmes Valley Local-aggregate figure suggests.
Symmes Valley Local has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 741 students.
How much does Symmes Valley Local spend per student?
Symmes Valley Local spends $15,751 per student. The district has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #215 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Symmes Valley Local?
Symmes Valley Local students are 97.1% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Symmes Valley Local?
Symmes Valley Local has an equity score of 58/100, ranking #215 out of 806 districts in Ohio.