Enrollment
564
Ohio · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Rio Grande, OH
Buckeye Hills Career Center
Federal NCES profile for Buckeye Hills Career Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 31/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 390620604118
👥 S:T ratio 52
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 44
📋 Attendance 0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Buckeye Hills Career Center earns 31/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 90% of Ohio schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Ohio schools.
- #3 of 3
- schools in Rio Grande · Resource Index
- 31
- Resource Index · Lower
- 12:1
- small classes for Ohio
- 564
- students enrolled
Buckeye Hills Career Center has class sizes smaller than 90% of Ohio schools. Computed live against every Ohio school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Buckeye Hills Career Center ranks #3 of 3 schools in Rio Grande, OH.
School address
District: Gallia-Jackson-Vinton · Ohio
NCES ID 390620604118 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
47.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
12:1
vs 18.2:1 Ohio avg
-34% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Buckeye Hills Career Center compares with Ohio and U.S. medians
What stands out at Buckeye Hills Career Center
Buckeye Hills Career Center is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Rio Grande, Ohio, enrolling 564 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 12:1, Buckeye Hills Career Center is leaner than roughly 90% of Ohio schools and 34% under the state's 18.2:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Enrollment of 564 puts it in the larger third of Ohio schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 3,574 scored Ohio schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 8/100).
Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 282 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 48.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Gallia-Jackson-Vinton spends $31,215 per pupil, 113% above the Ohio average, a better-resourced district than most.
Its district draws 17.0% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
Among Rio Grande's public schools, it stands alongside Rio Grande Elementary School (235 students): Buckeye Hills Career Center is larger than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (12:1 vs 19.6:1).
Gallia-Jackson-Vinton operates only this one school, so Buckeye Hills Career Center has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Buckeye Hills Career Center compares
Buckeye Hills Career Center on the metrics families compare, against Ohio and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Ohio | Ohio avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 12:1 | ▼ 34% | 18.2:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 564 | top 25% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
12:1
Leaner classes than 75% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
564
Bigger than 69% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
12:1
students per teacher
- 34% below state mean
Top 10% in Ohio - lower ratio than 90% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
48.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$31,215
per pupil, district-wide
- above Ohio avg of $14,655
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 282 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 32 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 95.7%
Two or More 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
African American 0.5%
Asian 0.2%
Largest group: White at 95.7% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 8.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 8.3, Buckeye Hills Career Center is less mixed than the Ohio school average of 35.3.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Gallia-Jackson-Vinton, which includes Buckeye Hills Career Center.
$31,215
Per student
+113%
vs Ohio
Avg $14,655
+88%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 37.1%
State 45.9%
Federal 17.0%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools in Rio Grande
2 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Ohio, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~564 students)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Buckeye Hills Career Center
How many students attend Buckeye Hills Career Center?
Buckeye Hills Career Center has 564 students enrolled. It is a career and technical school in Rio Grande, OH.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Buckeye Hills Career Center?
The student-teacher ratio at Buckeye Hills Career Center is 12:1, which is 34% lower than the Ohio average of 18.2:1 and 24% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Buckeye Hills Career Center?
The largest demographic group at Buckeye Hills Career Center is White at 95.7% of enrollment, in Rio Grande, OH.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Buckeye Hills Career Center?
Buckeye Hills Career Center has a Resource Investment Index of 31/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Buckeye Hills Career Center rank among schools in Rio Grande?
By Resource Investment Index, Buckeye Hills Career Center ranks #3 of 3 schools in Rio Grande, OH. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Rio Grande on the city page.
Is Buckeye Hills Career Center a good school?
Buckeye Hills Career Center earns 31/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 90% of Ohio schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Ohio schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Gallia-Jackson-Vinton?
None reported; Gallia-Jackson-Vinton operates only Buckeye Hills Career Center as a public school district in NCES's records.
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