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Cleveland, Ohio - 1 schools
At $16,026 per pupil, Bella Academy of Excellence ranks #210 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Bella Academy of Excellence operates 1 public schools serving 163 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $16,026 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.2% local, 59.6% state, and 39.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 65.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.4% African American, 3.2% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Bella Academy of Excellence, enrolling 155 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Bella Academy of Excellence accounts for 95.1% of all Bella Academy of Excellence student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bella Academy of Excellence a distant remainder — means Bella Academy of Excellence-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Bella Academy of Excellence chronic absenteeism rate is 65.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement 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.
How many schools are in Bella Academy of Excellence?
Bella Academy of Excellence has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 163 students.
How much does Bella Academy of Excellence spend per student?
Bella Academy of Excellence spends $16,026 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Bella Academy of Excellence?
Bella Academy of Excellence students are 88.4% African American, 3.2% White, 1.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.