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Lancaster City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Lancaster City School District runs 10 public schools with 6,248 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.4 students per teacher is 2.1 higher than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Lancaster City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 6,248
- Teachers (FTE)
- 322
- Students per teacher
- 19.4
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2780 Coonpath Rd NE, Lancaster, OH 43130
- Phone
- (740)687-7300
- County
- Fairfield County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904420
- State district ID
- OH-044206
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,030
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 694 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district19.4
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 (6,166), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $93.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.3 million
- State revenue
- $36.0 million
- Local revenue
- $48.7 million
- Total spending
- $94.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,306
- Salaries
- $45.8 million48.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $156.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.9%
- State: 38.8%
- Local: 52.3%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,306
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Lancaster City School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridges | Elementary | 1 to 8 | 18 | |
| Early Childhood Center 1 | Prekindergarten | PK | ||
| General Sherman Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 693 | 19.8 |
| Gorsuch West Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 530 | 17.7 |
| Lancaster High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,995 | 21.5 |
| Medill Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 530 | 19.6 |
| Mt. Pleasant Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 530 | 20.4 |
| Tallmadge Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 486 | 18.7 |
| Tarhe Trails Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 611 | 20.4 |
| Thomas Ewing Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 643 | 18.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Fairfield County
- Pickerington Local School District 11,729 students
- Bloom-Carroll Local School District 2,294 students
- Fairfield Union Local 1,901 students
- Amanda-Clearcreek Local School District 1,493 students
- Liberty Union-Thurston Local 1,175 students
- Berne Union Local 813 students
- Walnut Township Local School District 483 students
- Fairfield 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.