NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Powell, OH

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

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11
Schools
8,391
Students
40.3/100
Avg Resource Index
19.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Powell has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Powell sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Powell's 11 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 17-point gap between Indian Springs Elementary and Sutter Park Preschool shows the range hidden by Powell'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 25%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
47th percentile
Teacher staffing
16th percentile

Olentangy Liberty High School accounts for 22.0% of all Powell public-school enrollment

That concentration means Powell-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

Powell school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities

Powell school enrollment ranges from 321 students (lowest) to 1,847 students (highest), a spread of 1,526 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

Powell student-teacher ratio is 19.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Indian Springs Elementary 46
2. Liberty Elementary School 45
3. Tyler Run Elementary School 44
4. Hyatts Middle School 43
5. Olentangy Liberty High School 42
6. Scioto Ridge Elementary School 41
7. Albert Chapman Elementary School 41
8. Wyandot Run Elementary School 40
9. Olentangy Liberty Middle School 36
10. Liberty Tree Elementary School 36
11. Sutter Park Preschool 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Powell

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 Liberty Tree Elementary School 61.5/100
  2. 2 Sutter Park Preschool 59.6/100
  3. 3 Indian Springs Elementary 59.4/100
  4. 4 Albert Chapman Elementary School 58.0/100
  5. 5 Hyatts Middle School 55.3/100

What do families ask about schools in Powell?

Which Powell school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Indian Springs Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Powell 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 Powell, OH? ▼

Powell has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,391 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.9:1.

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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.