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Berlin Center, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Western Reserve Local #99 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,245 per pupil, Western Reserve Local ranks #410 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
570
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,245
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Western Reserve Local operates 3 public schools serving 570 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 middle, 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 $14,245 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 47.2% local, 44.8% state, and 8.0% 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 67/100, ranked #99 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 194.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.2% White, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Western Reserve High School, with a diversity index of 17.5/100.
Western Reserve Elementary School accounts for 47.4% of all Western Reserve Local student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Western Reserve Local a distant remainder — means Western Reserve Local-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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 Reserve Local school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Western Reserve Local school enrollment ranges from 127 students (lowest) to 270 students (highest), a spread of 143 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Western Reserve Local has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Western Reserve Local student-counselor ratio is 194:1 — 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.
Western Reserve Local chronic absenteeism rate is 23.5% — 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 Western Reserve Local is typically wider than the Western Reserve Local-aggregate figure suggests.