Regular local school district · Lorain County
Amherst Exempted Village School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Amherst Exempted Village School District runs 4 public schools with 3,533 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.7 students per teacher is 2.4 higher than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Amherst Exempted Village".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 3,533
- Teachers (FTE)
- 179
- Students per teacher
- 19.7
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 550 Milan Ave, Amherst, OH 44001
- Phone
- (440)988-4406
- County
- Lorain County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904519
- State district ID
- OH-045195
- Total staff (FTE)
- 563
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 442 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.7
Ohio17.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,500), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $46.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.4 million
- State revenue
- $17.7 million
- Local revenue
- $25.0 million
- Total spending
- $42.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,027
- Salaries
- $23.3 million55.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 38.5%
- Local: 54.2%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,027
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Amherst Exempted Village School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Amherst Junior High School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 859 | 21.0 |
| Marion L Steele High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,014 | 19.5 |
| Powers Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 3 | 1,104 | 20.4 |
| Walter G. Nord Middle School | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 556 | 19.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lorain County
- Lorain City School District 6,150 students
- Elyria City Schools 5,702 students
- North Ridgeville City School District 4,486 students
- Avon Local School District 4,303 students
- Avon Lake City School District 3,435 students
- Midview Local School District 2,574 students
- Firelands Local School District 1,661 students
- Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District 1,455 students
- Keystone Local School District 1,387 students
- Clearview Local School District 1,237 students
- Lorain County JVS 1,194 students
- Columbia Local School District 1,040 students
- Wellington Exempted Village School District 860 students
- Horizon Science Academy Lorain 839 students
- Oberlin City Schools 758 students
More in Ohio
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.