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Vermilion, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Vermilion Local #426 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,821 per pupil, Vermilion Local ranks #468 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,723
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,821
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vermilion Local operates 4 public schools serving 1,723 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Erie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,821 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 64.0% local, 25.0% state, and 11.0% 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 44/100, ranked #426 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 240.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 33.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.9% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vermilion Elementary School, with a diversity index of 26.2/100.
Its largest campus is Vermilion High School, enrolling 580 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Vermilion Digital Academy, at 8 students, a 73x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Vermilion High School accounts for 33.7% of all Vermilion Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Vermilion 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.
Vermilion Local school enrollment varies 73× across entities
Vermilion Local school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 580 students (highest), a spread of 572 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Vermilion Local student-counselor ratio is 241:1 — 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.
Vermilion Local chronic absenteeism rate is 33.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Vermilion Local has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high. Total enrollment is 1,723 students.
How much does Vermilion Local spend per student?
Vermilion Local spends $13,821 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #426 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Vermilion Local?
Vermilion Local students are 87.9% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Vermilion Local?
Vermilion Local has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #426 out of 806 districts in Ohio.