NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Bexley, OH

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

5 public K-12 schools in Bexley from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

2,494

Students

50.4/100

Avg Resource Index

17:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bexley has more public-school enrollment than 21% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bexley's 5 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Bexley's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

One district, but meaningful resource variation

Bexley's schools share one district authority while their average Resource Investment Index ranks at the 88th percentile among listed cities. Shared governance removes one source of policy variation, but it does not erase campus differences by grade span or enrollment. The 9-point gap between Bexley High School and Cassingham Elementary School measures the remaining local spread. Use the district-level picture for common budget context, then compare the school components to see whether staffing, counseling, gifted-program reporting, or attendance accounts for each campus's position.

City enrollment: Top 79%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 88th percentile
Teacher staffing: 33rd percentile

Bexley High School accounts for 30.7% of all Bexley public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Bexley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Bexley school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities

Bexley school enrollment ranges from 324 students (lowest) to 766 students (highest), a spread of 442 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Bexley operates one school district — a single-district system

Bexley's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-11

Bexley student-teacher ratio is 17.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Bexley is typically wider than the Bexley-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-11

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Bexley High School	54	766	high	Bexley City
2.	Montrose Elementary School	53	324	elementary	Bexley City
3.	Maryland Elementary School	51	333	Combined	Bexley City
4.	Bexley Middle School	49	591	middle	Bexley City
5.	Cassingham Elementary School	45	480	Combined	Bexley City

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bexley

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

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Which Bexley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bexley High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bexley schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bexley, OH? ▼

Bexley has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,494 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.