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Wilmington, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Wilmington City #375 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,630 per pupil, Wilmington City ranks #506 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,223
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,630
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wilmington City operates 5 public schools serving 2,223 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Clinton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,630 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 50.5% local, 35.8% state, and 13.7% 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 47/100, ranked #375 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 368.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 46.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.7% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Denver Place Elementary School, with a diversity index of 38.5/100.
Its largest campus is Wilmington High School, enrolling 596 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is East End Elementary School, at 77 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wilmington High School accounts for 26.8% of all Wilmington City student enrollment
That concentration means Wilmington City-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.
Wilmington City school enrollment varies 7.7× across entities
Wilmington City school enrollment ranges from 77 students (lowest) to 596 students (highest), a spread of 519 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.
Wilmington City student-counselor ratio is 369:1 — 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.
Wilmington City chronic absenteeism rate is 46.0% — 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.
Wilmington City has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,223 students.
How much does Wilmington City spend per student?
Wilmington City spends $13,630 per student. The district has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #375 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Wilmington City?
Wilmington City students are 79.7% White, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Wilmington City?
Wilmington City has an equity score of 47/100, ranking #375 out of 806 districts in Ohio.