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Jefferson Area Local School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson Area Local School District runs 5 public schools with 1,685 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 19.1 students per teacher is 1.8 higher than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Jefferson Area Local".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,685
- Teachers (FTE)
- 88
- Students per teacher
- 19.1
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 121 S Poplar St, Jefferson, OH 44047
- Phone
- (440)576-9180
- County
- Ashtabula County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904587
- State district ID
- OH-045872
- Total staff (FTE)
- 270
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 843 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.1
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 (1,563), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $20.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.5 million
- State revenue
- $9.9 million
- Local revenue
- $9.1 million
- Total spending
- $18.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,092
- Salaries
- $9.3 million49.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $10.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.4%
- State: 48.2%
- Local: 44.4%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,092
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson Area Local School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Jefferson Area Junior High School | Middle | 7 to 8 | 285 | 28.5 |
| Jefferson Area Local Schools Online | Other | 2 to 12 | 6 | 1.2 |
| Jefferson Area Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 427 | 22.5 |
| Jefferson Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 654 | 19.2 |
| Rock Creek Elementary School | Elementary | K to 6 | 313 | 22.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Ashtabula County
- Ashtabula Area City School District 2,635 students
- Geneva Area City School District 1,949 students
- Buckeye Local School District 1,634 students
- Conneaut Area City School District 1,587 students
- Pymatuning Valley Local School District 1,103 students
- Grand Valley Local School District 814 students
- Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center 599 students
- Ashtabula County 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.