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Bright Local School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Bright Local School District runs 3 public schools with 719 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.7 students per teacher is 2.6 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Bright Local".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 719
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 14.7
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 44 N High St, Mowrystown, OH 45155
- Phone
- (937)442-3114
- County
- Highland County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904761
- State district ID
- OH-047613
- Total staff (FTE)
- 126
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 719 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.7
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 (710), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $11.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.4 million
- State revenue
- $6.6 million
- Local revenue
- $3.6 million
- Total spending
- $10.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,077
- Salaries
- $5.1 million51.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $758,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 57.2%
- Local: 30.9%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,077
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Bright Local School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bright Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 432 | 16.0 |
| Whiteoak High School | High | 9 to 12 | 174 | 10.9 |
| Whiteoak Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 113 | 22.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Highland County
- Hillsboro City School District 2,218 students
- Greenfield Exempted Village School District 1,888 students
- Lynchburg-Clay Local School District 995 students
- Fairfield Local School District 850 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.