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Canfield, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Valley Stem+Me2 Academy #354 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,091 per pupil, Valley Stem+Me2 Academy ranks #957 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy operates 1 public schools serving 267 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 Mahoning County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,091 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 0.7% local, 89.8% state, and 9.6% 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 49/100, ranked #354 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 200:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.5% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Valley Stem+Me2 Academy, enrolling 200 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy accounts for 74.9% of all Valley Stem+Me2 Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Valley Stem+Me2 Academy a distant remainder — means Valley Stem+Me2 Academy-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.
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 54.0% — 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.
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 267 students.
How much does Valley Stem+Me2 Academy spend per student?
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy spends $8,091 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #354 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Valley Stem+Me2 Academy?
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy students are 84.5% White, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Valley Stem+Me2 Academy?
Valley Stem+Me2 Academy has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #354 out of 806 districts in Ohio.