Bella Academy of Excellence

Public school district · Cuyahoga County · Ohio · NCES district ID 3901370

Bella Academy of Excellence spent $17,595 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 72% of the other Ohio districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $15,201). Its one school enrolled 155 students in 2024-25; 54.0% of its revenue came from the state.

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Ohio districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Bella Academy of Excellence in enrollment (156 to 166 students) and Bella Academy of Excellence itself.

Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Bella Academy of Excellence, FY23Portage Lakes $41,365; Riverside Academy $20,706; Green Inspiration Academy $20,500; Summit Academy Community School-Parma $20,130; Bella Academy of Excellence $17,595; Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus $17,151; Cincinnati Achievement Academy $16,491; North Columbus Preparatory Academy $14,799; Mason Run High School $12,346; River Gate High School $12,025; State median, under 1,000 students $15,201.10k20k30k40k50kPortage Lakes$41,365Riverside Academy$20,706Green Inspiration Academy$20,500Summit Academy Community Schoo…$20,130Bella Academy of Excellence$17,595Focus Learning Academy of Sout…$17,151Cincinnati Achievement Academy$16,491North Columbus Preparatory Aca…$14,799Mason Run High School$12,346River Gate High School$12,025State median, under 1,000 students $15,201
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Bella Academy of Excellence, FY23Portage Lakes $41,365; Riverside Academy $20,706; Green Inspiration Academy $20,500; Summit Academy Community School-Parma $20,130; Bella Academy of Excellence $17,595; Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus $17,151; Cincinnati Achievement Academy $16,491; North Columbus Preparatory Academy $14,799; Mason Run High School $12,346; River Gate High School $12,025; State median, under 1,000 students $15,201.10k20k30k40k50kPortage Lakes$41,365Riverside Academy$20,706Green Inspiration Academy$20,500Summit Academy Community School-Par…$20,130Bella Academy of Excellence$17,595Focus Learning Academy of Southeast…$17,151Cincinnati Achievement Academy$16,491North Columbus Preparatory Academy$14,799Mason Run High School$12,346River Gate High School$12,025State median, under 1,000 students $15,201
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Bella Academy of Excellence, FY23Portage Lakes $41,365; Riverside Academy $20,706; Green Inspiration Academy $20,500; Summit Academy Community School-Parma $20,130; Bella Academy of Excellence $17,595; Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus $17,151; Cincinnati Achievement Academy $16,491; North Columbus Preparatory Academy $14,799; Mason Run High School $12,346; River Gate High School $12,025; State median, under 1,000 students $15,201.10k30k50kPortage Lakes$41,365Riverside Academy$20,706Green Inspiration Academy$20,500Summit Academy Community School-Parma$20,130Bella Academy of Excellence$17,595Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Colu…$17,151Cincinnati Achievement Academy$16,491North Columbus Preparatory Academy$14,799Mason Run High School$12,346River Gate High School$12,025State median, under 1,000 students $15,201
Current spending per student, Ohio districts closest in size to Bella Academy of Excellence, FY23Portage Lakes $41,365; Riverside Academy $20,706; Green Inspiration Academy $20,500; Summit Academy Community School-Parma $20,130; Bella Academy of Excellence $17,595; Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus $17,151; Cincinnati Achievement Academy $16,491; North Columbus Preparatory Academy $14,799; Mason Run High School $12,346; River Gate High School $12,025; State median, under 1,000 students $15,201.10k30k50kPortage Lakes$41,365Riverside Academy$20,706Green Inspiration Academy$20,500Summit Academy Community School-Parma$20,130Bella Academy of Excellence$17,595Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern…$17,151Cincinnati Achievement Academy$16,491North Columbus Preparatory Academy$14,799Mason Run High School$12,346River Gate High School$12,025State median, under 1,000 students $15,201

Where the money came from

$3,940,000 in revenue: 54.0% state, 1.1% local and 44.9% federal. Total spending including $566,000 of capital outlay was $3,485,000, or $21,380 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Bella Academy of Excellence revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $2,126,000; Local $45,000; Federal $1,769,000; total $3,940,000.
  • State$2,126,000 54%
  • Local$45,000 1%
  • Federal$1,769,000 45%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 529 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

163 students in 2022-23, 180 students in 2023-24, 155 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Bella Academy of Excellence enrollment by school year2022-23: 163, 2023-24: 180, 2024-25: 1550501001502002022-231632023-241802024-25155
Bella Academy of Excellence enrollment by school year2022-23: 163, 2023-24: 180, 2024-25: 1550501001502002022-231632023-241802024-25155
Bella Academy of Excellence enrollment by school year2022-23: 163, 2023-24: 180, 2024-25: 1550501001502002022-231632023-241802024-25155
Bella Academy of Excellence enrollment by school year2022-23: 163, 2023-24: 180, 2024-25: 1550501001502002022-231632023-241802024-25155

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231637.023.3
2023-241807.025.7
2024-251557.022.1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$499,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,061 per student

Bella Academy of Excellence booked $499,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 7 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $71,286 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 27 in 100 Ohio districts with a figure (state median $78,983, 642 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Ohio teacher salary at $63,153 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$387,00077.6%
Special education$112,00022.4%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $2,262 in 2018-19, $3,815 in 2019-20, $2,856 in 2020-21, $3,297 in 2021-22, $3,061 in 2022-23.

Bella Academy of Excellence teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,262, 2019-20: $3,815, 2020-21: $2,856, 2021-22: $3,297, 2022-23: $3,06101k2k3k4k2018-19$2,2622019-20$3,8152020-21$2,8562021-22$3,2972022-23$3,061
Bella Academy of Excellence teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,262, 2019-20: $3,815, 2020-21: $2,856, 2021-22: $3,297, 2022-23: $3,06101k2k3k4k2018-19$2,2622019-20$3,8152020-21$2,8562021-22$3,2972022-23$3,061
Bella Academy of Excellence teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,262, 2019-20: $3,815, 2020-21: $2,856, 2021-22: $3,297, 2022-23: $3,06101k2k3k4k2018-19$2,2622019-20$3,8152020-21$2,8562021-22$3,2972022-23$3,061
Bella Academy of Excellence teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,262, 2019-20: $3,815, 2020-21: $2,856, 2021-22: $3,297, 2022-23: $3,06101k2k3k4k2018-19$2,2622019-20$3,8152020-21$2,8562021-22$3,2972022-23$3,061

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Bella Academy of Excellence scored proficient or above: 24-39% in reading and 10-26% in math, against 59% in reading and 54% in math across Ohio. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Ohio, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtOhioStudents tested
Reading and language arts24-39%59%109
Math10-26%54%109

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 155 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Bella Academy of Excellence15522.1All free (CEP)Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Bella Academy of Excellence

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Bella Academy of Excellence

  1. Ohio districts by spending per studentBella Academy of Excellence ranks 149 of 529 Ohio districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,595).#149 of 529
  2. Every school district in OhioBella Academy of Excellence is the number 852 by size of 999 Ohio districts, with 163 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#852 of 999
  3. Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern ColumbusThe next larger Ohio district: 166 students in fall 2022, $17,151 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,151
  4. Summit Academy Community School-ParmaThe next smaller Ohio district: 162 students in fall 2022, $20,130 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$20,130
  5. Compare Bella Academy of Excellence with Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern ColumbusEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across OhioBella Academy of Excellence spent $71,286 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $78,983); spending, not a salary.$71,286
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Bella Academy of Excellence

  1. How many schools and students are in Bella Academy of Excellence?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 155 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Bella Academy of Excellence spend per student?
    $17,595 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Ohio median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $15,201 and the U.S. figure is $16,260.
  3. Where does Bella Academy of Excellence's money come from?
    $3,940,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 54.0% state, 1.1% local and 44.9% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How much does Bella Academy of Excellence spend on teacher salaries?
    $499,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,061 per student. Divided by the 7 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $71,286 per teacher, more than 27 in 100 Ohio districts (state median $78,983). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Ohio teacher salary at $63,153 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  5. How do students in Bella Academy of Excellence do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Bella Academy of Excellence scored proficient or above: 24-39% in reading and 10-26% in math, against 59% in reading and 54% in math across Ohio. Ohio's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Bella Academy of Excellence's NCES district ID?
    3901370. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

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Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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