Defiance City
A public school district in Defiance, Ohio, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,344
- Students enrolled
- 147.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 413.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $13,696
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,344 in 2024–25
- Ranks 4,010th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 178th of 1,004 in Ohio. Larger than 77% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $13,696 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 32% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Defiance City spent $13,696 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,766 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $13,696 | $32.0 million | 2,339 |
| FY2022 | $13,655 | $32.0 million | 2,345 |
| FY2021 | $12,615 | $29.5 million | 2,338 |
| FY2020 | $12,143 | $29.0 million | 2,390 |
| FY2019 | $12,026 | $29.4 million | 2,441 |
| FY2018 | $11,267 | $27.6 million | 2,453 |
| FY2017 | $10,450 | $25.7 million | 2,458 |
| FY2016 | $9,767 | $23.9 million | 2,452 |
| FY2015 | $8,818 | $21.8 million | 2,471 |
| FY2014 | $8,315 | $20.7 million | 2,490 |
| FY2013 | $8,352 | $20.9 million | 2,506 |
| FY2012 | $8,413 | $21.0 million | 2,498 |
| FY2011 | $8,795 | $22.1 million | 2,513 |
| FY2010 | $8,619 | $22.3 million | 2,585 |
| FY2009 | $8,228 | $21.5 million | 2,609 |
| FY2008 | $8,392 | $21.3 million | 2,538 |
| FY2007 | $8,340 | $20.9 million | 2,506 |
| FY2006 | $7,949 | $20.1 million | 2,530 |
| FY2005 | $7,766 | $19.7 million | 2,534 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.3 million | 12.0% |
| State | $18.5 million | 51.8% |
| Local | $13.0 million | 36.3% |
| Total | $35.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Defiance Elementary School | 1,075 |
| Defiance High School | 697 |
| Defiance Middle School | 572 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3904386
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Ohio — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Ohio — A to Z, each with its page.
- Ohio on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved