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An equity score of 81/100 ranks Wayne County Jvsd #18 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,938 per pupil, Wayne County Jvsd ranks #38 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Wayne County Jvsd operates 1 public schools serving 592 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Wayne County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,938 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 49.6% local, 39.6% state, and 10.8% 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 81/100, ranked #18 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 208:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 63.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.9% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American across the district's schools.
Wayne County Schools Career Center accounts for 100.0% of all Wayne County Jvsd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Wayne County Jvsd a distant remainder — means Wayne County Jvsd-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.
Wayne County Jvsd student-counselor ratio is 208:1 — 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.
Wayne County Jvsd chronic absenteeism rate is 63.9% — 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.
Wayne County Jvsd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 592 students.
How much does Wayne County Jvsd spend per student?
Wayne County Jvsd spends $23,938 per student. The district has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #18 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Wayne County Jvsd?
Wayne County Jvsd students are 84.9% White, 7.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wayne County Jvsd?
Wayne County Jvsd has an equity score of 81/100, ranking #18 out of 806 districts in Ohio.