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Independence, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 27/100 ranks Alternative Education Academy #681 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,694 per pupil, Alternative Education Academy ranks #947 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Alternative Education Academy operates 1 public schools serving 5,783 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,694 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 82.0% state, and 17.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 27/100, ranked #681 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 1046:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, . Demographically, the student body averages 59.2% White, 24.3% African American, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Alternative Education Academy, enrolling 6,276 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Alternative Education Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Alternative Education Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Alternative Education Academy a distant remainder — means Alternative Education Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Alternative Education Academy student-counselor ratio is 1046:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Alternative Education Academy's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Alternative Education Academy?
Alternative Education Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 5,783 students.
How much does Alternative Education Academy spend per student?
Alternative Education Academy spends $8,694 per student. The district has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #681 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Alternative Education Academy?
Alternative Education Academy students are 59.2% White, 24.3% African American, 9.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Alternative Education Academy?
Alternative Education Academy has an equity score of 27/100, ranking #681 out of 806 districts in Ohio.