NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in Sidney, OH

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

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9
Schools
3,702
Students
29.8/100
Avg Resource Index
22.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sidney has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sidney'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Sidney's 9 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 33-point gap between Fairlawn High School and Whittier Early Childhood Center shows the range hidden by Sidney'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 60%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
12th percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Sidney Middle School accounts for 22.7% of all Sidney public-school enrollment

That concentration means Sidney-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Sidney school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities

Sidney school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 840 students (highest), a spread of 709 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

Sidney reports 51.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Sidney student-teacher ratio is 22.7:1 — 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. Fairlawn High School 48
2. Fairlawn Elementary School 47
3. Sidney High School 35
4. Jacket Virtual Academy 30
5. Sidney Middle School 27
6. Longfellow Primary School 23
7. Northwood Intermediate School 22
8. Emerson Primary School 21
9. Whittier Early Childhood Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sidney

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 Sidney Middle School 46.4/100
  2. 2 Longfellow Primary School 46.4/100
  3. 3 Emerson Primary School 44.6/100
  4. 4 Northwood Intermediate School 43.6/100
  5. 5 Whittier Early Childhood Center 42.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Sidney?

Which Sidney school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Fairlawn High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sidney schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sidney, OH? ▼

Sidney has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,702 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.7:1.

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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.