Regular local school district · Lorain County
Lorain City School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Lorain City School District runs 16 public schools with 6,150 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.6 students per teacher is 1.7 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Lorain City".
At a glance
- Schools
- 16
- Students
- 6,150
- Teachers (FTE)
- 393
- Students per teacher
- 15.6
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2601 Pole Ave, Lorain, OH 44052
- Phone
- (440)233-2271
- County
- Lorain County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904426
- State district ID
- OH-044263
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,031
- School counselors (FTE)
- 19.0About 324 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 32.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.6
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 (5,724), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $122.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.9 million
- State revenue
- $80.0 million
- Local revenue
- $25.7 million
- Total spending
- $130.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,730
- Salaries
- $58.1 million44.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $21.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.8%
- State: 65.3%
- Local: 20.9%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,730
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Lorain City School District
By level: 2 high, 3 middle, 10 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Admiral King Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 278 | 13.9 |
| Digital Academy | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Frank Jacinto ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 307 | 16.2 |
| Garfield Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 259 | 15.2 |
| General Johnnie Wilson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 439 | 13.7 |
| Hawthorne Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 218 | 13.6 |
| Helen Steiner Rice ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 291 | 15.3 |
| Larkmoor Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 432 | 16.0 |
| Longfellow Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 398 | 13.7 |
| Lorain High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,773 | 17.9 |
| New BeginningsCEP school | High | 10 to 12 | 125 | 25.0 |
| Palm Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 295 | 17.4 |
| Southview Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 423 | 13.2 |
| Stevan Dohanos Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 301 | 18.8 |
| Toni Wofford Morrison ESCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 324 | 24.9 |
| Washington Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 287 | 13.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lorain County
- Elyria City Schools 5,702 students
- North Ridgeville City School District 4,486 students
- Avon Local School District 4,303 students
- Amherst Exempted Village School District 3,533 students
- Avon Lake City School District 3,435 students
- Midview Local School District 2,574 students
- Firelands Local School District 1,661 students
- Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City School District 1,455 students
- Keystone Local School District 1,387 students
- Clearview Local School District 1,237 students
- Lorain County JVS 1,194 students
- Columbia Local School District 1,040 students
- Wellington Exempted Village School District 860 students
- Horizon Science Academy Lorain 839 students
- Oberlin City Schools 758 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.