Regular local school district · Allen County
Lima City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Lima City School District runs 9 public schools with 3,370 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Lima City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,370
- Teachers (FTE)
- 238
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 755 Saint Johns Ave, Lima, OH 45804
- Phone
- (419)996-3400
- County
- Allen County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904422
- State district ID
- OH-044222
- Total staff (FTE)
- 869
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 421 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
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 (3,477), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $74.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $12.5 million
- State revenue
- $47.5 million
- Local revenue
- $14.3 million
- Total spending
- $66.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,085
- Salaries
- $34.1 million51.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.8%
- State: 63.9%
- Local: 19.3%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,085
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Lima City School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Freedom Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 235 | 15.7 |
| Heritage Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 448 | 18.7 |
| Independence Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 272 | 18.1 |
| Liberty Arts Magnet K-8CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 343 | 17.1 |
| Lima North Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 321 | 14.0 |
| Lima Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,004 | 15.0 |
| Lima South Science-Technology Magnet K-8CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 172 | 8.6 |
| Lima West Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 334 | 10.1 |
| Unity Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 241 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Allen County
- Shawnee Local School District 2,239 students
- Elida Local School District 2,016 students
- Bath Local School District 1,588 students
- Bluffton Exempted Village School District 1,248 students
- Allen East Local School District 1,042 students
- Spencerville Local School District 986 students
- Apollo 745 students
- Perry Local School District 704 students
- Heir Force Community School 204 students
- West Central Learning Academy II 67 students
- Allen 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.