About Defiance City School District
Defiance City School District is a public school system serving Defiance County, Ohio, based in Defiance. It serves 2,344 students across 3 schools spanning K–12, and is classified as a town: distant district. By enrollment it is the #178 largest of Ohio’s 1004 school systems.
Size and structure
Defiance City School District enrolls 2,344 students in 3 schools — an average of about 781 students per school. It serves grades K–12 and ranks #178 of 1004 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Defiance City School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,344 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Defiance City School District employs about 148 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1 — below the Ohio average of about 16.8:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 413.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Ohio funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Defiance City School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Ohio rates districts on the Ohio School Report Cards using a 1-to-5-star system across Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, Graduation, Early Literacy and College/Career/Workforce Readiness. Look up Defiance City School District on the Ohio School Report Cards.
Accreditation status
Ohio does not use a private accreditor for its public districts; the state recognizes and holds districts accountable directly through the Department of Education and Workforce and the report-card system, while Cognia accreditation remains voluntary for individual schools. See the Ohio DEW.
Defiance City School District vs. Ohio
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Look up Defiance City School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):