Regular local school district · Perry County
Northern Local School District, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Northern Local School District runs 5 public schools with 2,162 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 18.3 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Ohio figure of 17.3.Listed in NCES data as "Northern Local".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,162
- Teachers (FTE)
- 118
- Students per teacher
- 18.3
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 8700 Sheridan Dr, Thornville, OH 43076
- Phone
- (740)743-1303
- County
- Perry County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904905
- State district ID
- OH-049056
- Total staff (FTE)
- 274
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 721 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.3
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 (2,131), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.5 million
- State revenue
- $13.1 million
- Local revenue
- $12.9 million
- Total spending
- $28.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,341
- Salaries
- $13.6 million47.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.7%
- State: 42.9%
- Local: 42.5%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,341
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Northern Local School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Glenford Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 320 | 16.8 |
| Sheridan High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 711 | 20.9 |
| Sheridan Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 516 | 17.8 |
| Somerset Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 264 | 20.3 |
| Thornville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 351 | 17.6 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Perry County
- New Lexington School District 1,758 students
- Crooksville Exempted Village School District 1,072 students
- Southern Local School District 586 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.