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Buckeye Valley Local

Delaware, Ohio · Superintendent: Richard Stranges · #178 of 425 Ohio districts by enrollment

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2,298

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$13,229

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Ohio median

17.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Ohio median 16.8

Buckeye Valley Local is a public school district based in Delaware, Ohio, serving 2,298 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #178 of the 425 Ohio districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 58% of them. Its schools average 574 students each, more than the Ohio median of 491. Its superintendent is Richard Stranges. It spends about $13,229 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.0 students per teacher.

How Buckeye Valley Local compares

Buckeye Valley LocalOhio median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$13,229

Ohio median $12,669 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,620

Ohio median $7,848 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school574

Ohio median 491 · 17% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.0

Ohio median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor328

Ohio median 385 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$35.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 19%Local 76%

Measure	Buckeye Valley Local	Ohio median	Year
Current spending per student	$13,229	$12,669	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,620	$7,848	FY2020-21
Total spending	$31.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$35.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	135	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	360	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.0	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	328	385	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Ohio median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Richard Stranges

Superintendent, Buckeye Valley Local

Source: Ohio Educational Directory System, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Ohio

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Tipp City Exempted VillageTipp City	2,323	4	$12,420	18.4	#177
Buckeye Valley LocalDelaware · this district	2,298	4	$13,229	17.0	#178
Bloom-Carroll LocalCarroll	2,294	4	$10,238	20.5	#179
Howland LocalWarren	2,283	5	$13,483	16.3	#180
Athens City School DistrictChauncey	2,267	5	$15,247	15.1	#181

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Groton-DunstableGroton, MA	2,300	$20,321	13.5
New Providence School DistrictNew Providence, NJ	2,298	$19,128	11.6
Mount Horeb Area School DistrictMount Horeb, WI	2,298	$11,943	13.7
Clark Township Public School DistrictClark, NJ	2,297	$17,925	12.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-oh-buckeye-valley-local