NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Independence, OH

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

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5
Schools
8,575
Students
33.8/100
Avg Resource Index
32.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Independence has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Alternative Education Academy enrolls 73.2% of Independence's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Independence'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Independence lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 299 to 6,276 students, a 21-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
1st percentile

Alternative Education Academy accounts for 73.2% of all Independence public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Independence a distant remainder — means Independence-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Independence school enrollment varies 21× across entities

Independence school enrollment ranges from 299 students (lowest) to 6,276 students (highest), a spread of 5,977 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Independence student-teacher ratio is 32.8:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Independence's 5 listed schools are charters

40% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Independence High School 55
2. Independence Middle School 55
3. Independence Primary School 49
4. Alternative Education Academy 10
5. Gateway Online Academy of Ohio -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Independence

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.

  1. 1 Alternative Education Academy 57.8/100
  2. 2 Gateway Online Academy of Ohio 53.8/100
  3. 3 Independence Primary School 25.3/100
  4. 4 Independence High School 22.2/100
  5. 5 Independence Middle School 15.9/100

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Which Independence school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Independence High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Independence schools in this federal-data comparison at 55/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Independence, OH? ▼

Independence has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,575 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 32.8:1.

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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.