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Zanesville, Ohio - 1 schools
At $9,880 per pupil, Zanesville Community School ranks #924 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
137
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$9,880
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Zanesville Community School operates 1 public schools serving 137 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Muskingum County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,880 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 87.6% state, and 12.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 46.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% White, 6.1% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Zanesville Community School, enrolling 165 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Zanesville Community School accounts for 100.0% of all Zanesville Community School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Zanesville Community School a distant remainder — means Zanesville Community School-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.
Zanesville Community School chronic absenteeism rate is 46.1% — 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.
How many schools are in Zanesville Community School?
Zanesville Community School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 137 students.
How much does Zanesville Community School spend per student?
Zanesville Community School spends $9,880 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Zanesville Community School?
Zanesville Community School students are 76.4% White, 6.1% African American, 3.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.