NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Niles, OH

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

5 public K-12 schools in Niles 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

2,034

Students

30.6/100

Avg Resource Index

16.8:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Niles has more public-school enrollment than 13% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Niles'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

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

Economic-need coverage is incomplete

Free-lunch eligibility is reported for schools covering 47.7% of Niles's listed enrollment. Because the remaining enrollment is outside that calculation, the measured percentage should not be generalized to every local student. The Resource Investment Index uses other reported federal fields and has its own coverage limits. Treat the city figures as a map of available records: inspect a campus's source fields before using economic need or resource position in a comparison.

City enrollment: Top 87%
School count: Top 99%
Resource Index average: 13th percentile
Teacher staffing: 35th percentile

Mckinley High School accounts for 26.1% of all Niles public-school enrollment

That concentration means Niles-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 2026-08-26

Niles school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities

Niles school enrollment ranges from 157 students (lowest) to 530 students (highest), a spread of 373 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 2026-08-26

Niles student-teacher ratio is 16.8:1 — 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 Niles is typically wider than the Niles-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

1 of Niles's 5 listed schools are charters

20% 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 Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Mckinley High School	40	530	high	Niles City
2.	Niles Middle School	32	440	middle	Niles City
3.	Niles Preparatory Academy	30	157	elementary	Niles Preparatory Academy
4.	Niles Primary School	27	455	Combined	Niles City
5.	Niles Intermediate School	24	452	elementary	Niles City

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Niles

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 Niles school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Mckinley High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Niles schools in this federal-data comparison at 40/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Niles, OH? ▼

Niles has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,034 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.8:1.

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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.