Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
South Point, Ohio - 1 schools
At $10,653 per pupil, Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School ranks #889 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
74
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$10,653
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School operates 1 public schools serving 74 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 Lawrence County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,653 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 4.2% local, 93.7% state, and 2.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 42.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.5% White across the district's schools.
Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School accounts for 100.0% of all Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School a distant remainder — means Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School-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.
Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School chronic absenteeism rate is 42.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Comparisons are relative to Tri-State Stem+M Early College High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
Nearby Districts in Ohio
Top districts in the same state, compare side-by-side for enrollment, spending, and demographics.