NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools OH

Best-Resourced Schools in West Chester, OH

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

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10
Schools
8,076
Students
27.1/100
Avg Resource Index
25.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, West Chester has more public-school enrollment than 74% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lakota West High School enrolls 36.8% of West Chester's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

5 of West Chester's 10 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

West Chester lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 164 to 2,968 students, a 18-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 26%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
1st percentile

Lakota West High School accounts for 36.8% of all West Chester public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means West Chester-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

West Chester school enrollment varies 18× across entities

West Chester school enrollment ranges from 164 students (lowest) to 2,968 students (highest), a spread of 2,804 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

West Chester student-teacher ratio is 25.2:1 — 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. Lakota Central 40
2. Freedom Elementary School 39
3. Union Elementary School 31
4. Butler Tech Bioscience Center 29
5. Adena Elementary School 28
6. Hopewell Junior School 27
7. Lakota Ridge Junior School 24
8. Hopewell Early Childhood School 18
9. Creekside Early Childhood School 18
10. Lakota West High School 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in West Chester

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 Lakota Ridge Junior School 69.2/100
  2. 2 Adena Elementary School 66.1/100
  3. 3 Freedom Elementary School 65.9/100
  4. 4 Creekside Early Childhood School 65.3/100
  5. 5 Lakota West High School 65.2/100

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Which West Chester school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Lakota Central has the highest Resource Investment Index among the West Chester 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 West Chester, OH? ▼

West Chester has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,076 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 25.2:1.

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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.