Regular local school district · Morrow County
Cardington-Lincoln Local School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Cardington-Lincoln Local School District runs 3 public schools with 920 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Cardington-Lincoln Local".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 920
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 121 Nichols St, Cardington, OH 43315
- Phone
- (419)864-3691
- County
- Morrow County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904879
- State district ID
- OH-048793
- Total staff (FTE)
- 212
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 307 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
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 (1,024), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.7 million
- State revenue
- $7.5 million
- Local revenue
- $5.9 million
- Total spending
- $13.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,176
- Salaries
- $6.9 million51.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.4%
- State: 49.6%
- Local: 39.0%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,176
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Cardington-Lincoln Local School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cardington-Lincoln Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 392 | 17.8 |
| Cardington-Lincoln High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 245 | 14.4 |
| Cardington-Lincoln Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 283 | 14.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Morrow County
- Highland Local School District 1,693 students
- Northmor Local School District 991 students
- Mount Gilead Exempted Village School District 975 students
- Tomorrow Center 106 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.