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Elyria, Ohio - 1 schools
At $18,058 per pupil, Black River Career Prep High School ranks #126 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
145
Total Enrollment
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$18,058
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Black River Career Prep High School operates 1 public schools serving 145 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Lorain County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,058 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 , 79.7% state, and 20.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 182:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 85.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 42.9% White, 22.5% African American, 20.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Black River Career Prep High School accounts for 100.0% of all Black River Career Prep High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Black River Career Prep High School a distant remainder — means Black River Career Prep High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Black River Career Prep High School student-counselor ratio is 182:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Black River Career Prep High School chronic absenteeism rate is 85.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Black River Career Prep High School'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 Black River Career Prep High School?
Black River Career Prep High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 145 students.
How much does Black River Career Prep High School spend per student?
Black River Career Prep High School spends $18,058 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Black River Career Prep High School?
Black River Career Prep High School students are 42.9% White, 22.5% African American, 20.3% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.