21 public K-12 schools in Warren from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Warren has more public-school enrollment than 81% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Warren'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.
9 of Warren's 21 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.
Free-lunch eligibility is reported for schools covering 46.6% of Warren'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.
Warren school enrollment ranges from 68 students (lowest) to 1,221 students (highest), a spread of 1,153 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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
Each school district has independent budgeting, hiring, and service delivery authority. The fragmentation reflects historical patterns of inter-municipal boundary lines that pre-date modern city growth, students in different parts of the same city can attend different districts with different per-pupil spending, calendars, and graduation requirements. Per-region variation is largest in fragmented systems because each school district sets its own budget, contracts, and priorities without higher-level coordination above the regulatory floor.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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 Warren is typically wider than the Warren-aggregate figure suggests.
19% 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. | Lordstown Elementary School | 55 |
| 2. | Lordstown High School | 49 |
| 3. | Summit Academy Alternative Learnerswarren Middle & Secondary | 46 |
| 4. | Champion High School | 45 |
| 5. | Howland High School | 44 |
| 6. | Champion Middle School | 41 |
| 7. | Warren G Harding High School | 39 |
| 8. | Howland Middle School | 39 |
| 9. | Mines Elementary School | 38 |
| 10. | Summit Academy Community School-Warren | 37 |
| 11. | Champion Central Elementary School | 35 |
| 12. | Trumbull Career & Tech Center | 33 |
| 13. | Jefferson Pk-8 School | 33 |
| 14. | Mcguffey Pk-8 School | 30 |
| 15. | Preschool at Warren G. Harding High School | 30 |
| 16. | Howland Glen Elementary School | 29 |
| 17. | Willard Avenue Pk-8 School | 26 |
| 18. | Howland Springs Elementary School | 25 |
| 19. | Lincoln Pk-8 School | 23 |
| 20. | Steam Academy of Warren | 18 |
| 21. | River Gate High School | 15 |
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.
Lordstown Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Warren 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.
Warren has 21 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,207 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.5:1.
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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.
