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Mount Orab, Ohio - 4 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Western Brown Local #283 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,571 per pupil, Western Brown Local ranks #517 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,739
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,571
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Western Brown Local operates 4 public schools serving 2,739 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 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 Brown County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,571 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 18.1% local, 66.2% state, and 15.8% 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 53/100, ranked #283 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 555.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.4% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mt Orab Primary Elementary School, with a diversity index of 11.7/100.
Its largest campus is Western Brown High School, enrolling 765 students (29% of the district's total enrollment).
Western Brown High School accounts for 27.9% of all Western Brown Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Western Brown Local-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.
Western Brown Local student-counselor ratio is 555:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Western Brown Local chronic absenteeism rate is 35.7% — 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.
Western Brown Local has 4 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,739 students.
How much does Western Brown Local spend per student?
Western Brown Local spends $13,571 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #283 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Western Brown Local?
Western Brown Local students are 95.4% White, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Western Brown Local?
Western Brown Local has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #283 out of 806 districts in Ohio.