Regular local school district · Athens County
Athens City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Athens City School District runs 5 public schools with 2,267 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.1 students per teacher is 2.2 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,267
- Teachers (FTE)
- 150
- Students per teacher
- 15.1
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 21 Birge Dr, Chauncey, OH 45719
- Phone
- (740)797-4544
- County
- Athens County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904352
- State district ID
- OH-043521
- Total staff (FTE)
- 516
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 283 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.1
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 (2,311), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $45.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.5 million
- State revenue
- $10.4 million
- Local revenue
- $31.4 million
- Total spending
- $62.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,002
- Salaries
- $20.3 million32.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $55.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.8%
- State: 22.9%
- Local: 69.4%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,002
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Athens City School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Athens High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 685 | 15.2 |
| Athens Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 360 | 11.6 |
| East Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 329 | 13.7 |
| Morrison Gordon Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 3 | 393 | 18.7 |
| The Plains Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 500 | 17.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Athens County
- Alexander Local School District 1,362 students
- Nelsonville-York City School District 976 students
- Federal Hocking Local School District 794 students
- Trimble Local School District 691 students
- Tri-County Career Center 590 students
- Athens-Meigs ESC 0 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.