NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in New Philadelphia, OH

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

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12
Schools
4,776
Students
29.8/100
Avg Resource Index
27.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, New Philadelphia has more public-school enrollment than 53% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. New Philadelphia's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

New Philadelphia's list includes 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 4 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between West Elementary School and New Philadelphia Preschool Center at the Quaker Dome shows the range hidden by New Philadelphia's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 47%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
1st percentile

Quaker Digital Academy accounts for 19.2% of all New Philadelphia public-school enrollment

That concentration means New Philadelphia-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. 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

New Philadelphia school enrollment varies 26× across entities

New Philadelphia school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 915 students (highest), a spread of 880 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

New Philadelphia student-teacher ratio is 27.7:1 — 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 New Philadelphia's 12 listed schools are charters

17% 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. West Elementary School 46
2. Central Elementary School 45
3. South Elementary School 44
4. New Philadelphia High School 34
5. Quaker Preparatory Academy 34
6. Joseph Welty Middle School 28
7. Buckeye Career Center 26
8. East Elementary School 26
9. York Elementary School 26
10. Quaker Digital Academy 19
11. New Philadelphia Preschool Center at the Quaker Dome 15
12. West Elementary Pre School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in New Philadelphia

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 West Elementary Pre School 50.2/100
  2. 2 York Elementary School 49.4/100
  3. 3 South Elementary School 46.6/100
  4. 4 East Elementary School 41.2/100
  5. 5 West Elementary School 40.7/100

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Which New Philadelphia school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

West Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the New Philadelphia schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in New Philadelphia, OH? ▼

New Philadelphia has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,776 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 27.7:1.

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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.