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Wauseon Exempted Village

Wauseon, Ohio · Superintendent: Keith Leatherman · #251 of 425 Ohio districts by enrollment

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1,717

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$12,261

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Ohio median

16.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Ohio median 16.8

Wauseon Exempted Village is a public school district based in Wauseon, Ohio, serving 1,717 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #251 of the 425 Ohio districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 41% of them. Its schools average 429 students each, fewer than the Ohio median of 491. Its superintendent is Keith Leatherman. It spends about $12,261 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.4 students per teacher.

How Wauseon Exempted Village compares

Wauseon Exempted VillageOhio median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$12,261

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

Instruction spending per student$8,164

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

Students per school429

Ohio median 491 · 13% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.4

Ohio median 16.8 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor429

Ohio median 385 · 11% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$26.3 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 51%Local 39%

Measure	Wauseon Exempted Village	Ohio median	Year
Current spending per student	$12,261	$12,669	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$8,164	$7,848	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$26.3 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	105	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	345	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.4	16.8	2024-25
Students per counselor	429	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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Keith Leatherman

Superintendent, Wauseon Exempted Village

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
West Branch LocalBeloit	1,735	5	$11,411	16.1	#249
Beaver LocalEast Liverpool	1,724	3	$11,314	18.0	#250
Wauseon Exempted VillageWauseon · this district	1,717	4	$12,261	16.4	#251
Logan Elm LocalCircleville	1,716	2	$12,360	17.0	#252
Norwood CityNorwood	1,698	6	$17,124	14.5	#253

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
MulvaneMulvane, KS	1,718	$11,062	12.4
Bauxite School DistrictBauxite, AR	1,717	$9,050	14.1
Martin CountyInez, KY	1,717	$12,699	17.0
Webster County SchoolsEupora, MS	1,717	$9,640	12.7

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.

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