Government directory/Ohio/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 111227

Columbus Grove Local.

Independent school district in Ohio · Census county area: Putnam.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

755students in the finance record
3operating schools connected
$15,485current spending per pupil
Ohio’s official school-governance directory

2 current board holders published.

Election.org joined this district to the Ohio Educational Directory System by exact six-digit IRN. Names never determine identity. OEDS is maintained by participating organizations, so this is a sourced public directory—not a claim that every authorized seat is present.

2unique board holders published
2superintendent or treasurer roles
Who governs it now

Source-published school-board roster

Partial unless the source is complete
Board member

Brian Jones

Role reported from Sep 13, 2019

Active OEDS role
Board member

Ned Stechschulte

Role reported from Sep 13, 2019

Active OEDS role
District leadership

Who runs the school system day to day

Treasurer

Mark K Ellerbrock

Treasurer

Role reported from May 25, 2005
Superintendent

Brian Joseph Best

Superintendent

Role reported from Aug 1, 2025
Ohio IRN049312
NCES district ID3904931
District typeLocal
Source checked2026-08-30

Source: Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. OEDS is decentralized and each organization maintains its own record. It does not prove election method, full board size, vacancies, seat boundaries, candidates, results, meeting votes, or continued service after this dated snapshot.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment75510.5% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$15,4853.0% higher than 2019 after inflation · 26.4% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$14.1M19.2% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$7.7M3.0% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 844; 2020: 832; 2021: 779; 2022: 785; 2023: 756; 2024: 755856800743201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $15,029; 2020: $15,677; 2021: $15,833; 2022: $15,566; 2023: $15,838; 2024: $15,485$15,951$15,434$14,916201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20194.2% F50.7% S45.1% L
20204.2% F50.0% S45.7% L
20216.8% F50.3% S42.9% L
20229.9% F48.2% S42.0% L
20237.2% F47.3% S45.4% L
20246.9% F46.3% S46.8% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019844$12,249$12,344,000$11,840,000$7,952,000
2020832$12,934$12,375,000$12,567,000$7,616,000
2021779$13,677$12,366,000$12,435,000$8,185,000
2022785$14,522$12,863,000$13,084,000$8,030,000
2023756$15,384$13,730,000$14,209,000$7,600,000
2024755$15,485$14,295,000$14,112,000$7,715,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$14.3M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal6.9%$983,000
State46.3%$6.62M
Local46.8%$6.69M
Total expenditures$14.1M
Current spending$11.8M
Instruction$7.81M
Support services$3.55M
Capital outlay$1.26M
Debt outstanding$7.71M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Columbus Grove Local

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesKG12
StatusOpen
Address201 W Cross St, Columbus Grove, OH, 45830
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

  • Exact trustee-seat geometry, current vacancies, and appointment history
  • Complete historical board results, candidate profiles, and campaign disclosures
  • Exact attendance and board-seat boundaries for an address
  • Normalized meeting agendas, minutes, recorded votes, and decision history
  • School-level outcomes, audited contracts and vendors, and inflation-adjusted spending comparisons
The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
111227
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing address201 W CROSS ST · COLUMBUS GROVE, OH · 45830-1237
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaPutnam

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment7562023

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The dated Ohio OEDS public directory reports the exact IRN, NCES identifier where published, and active non-private board, superintendent, and treasurer role rows shown above.

Not established by these records

  • That the OEDS roster contains every authorized board seat or that a missing holder row means a vacancy.
  • Election method, seat boundaries, term expiration, candidates, results, or meeting votes unless another official source is connected.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.