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Wauseon, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 34/100 ranks Wauseon Exempted Village #595 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,145 per pupil, Wauseon Exempted Village ranks #742 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,737
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,145
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wauseon Exempted Village operates 4 public schools serving 1,737 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle 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 Fulton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,145 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 39.5% local, 47.0% state, and 13.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 34/100, ranked #595 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 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 363.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% White, 24.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wauseon Middle School, with a diversity index of 46.5/100.
Its largest campus is Wauseon High School, enrolling 526 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Wauseon High School accounts for 30.3% of all Wauseon Exempted Village student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wauseon Exempted Village-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.
Wauseon Exempted Village student-counselor ratio is 364:1 — 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.
Wauseon Exempted Village chronic absenteeism rate is 21.1% — 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 Wauseon Exempted Village is typically wider than the Wauseon Exempted Village-aggregate figure suggests.
Wauseon Exempted Village has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,737 students.
How much does Wauseon Exempted Village spend per student?
Wauseon Exempted Village spends $12,145 per student. The district has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #595 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Wauseon Exempted Village?
Wauseon Exempted Village students are 70.2% White, 24.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wauseon Exempted Village?
Wauseon Exempted Village has an equity score of 34/100, ranking #595 out of 806 districts in Ohio.