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Columbus, Ohio - 3 schools
370
Total Enrollment
3
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Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Buckeye United School District operates 3 public schools serving 370 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Franklin County.
a 59:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 23.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.4% African American, 15.7% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Luther E Ball (Chjcf), with a diversity index of 41.4/100.
Its largest campus is Indian River (Irjcf), enrolling 126 students (36% of the district's total enrollment).
Indian River (Irjcf) accounts for 34.1% of all Buckeye United School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Buckeye United School District-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.
Buckeye United School District has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Buckeye United School District student-counselor ratio is 59:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Buckeye United School District chronic absenteeism rate is 23.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Buckeye United School District is typically wider than the Buckeye United School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Buckeye United School District'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 Buckeye United School District?
Buckeye United School District has 3 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 370 students.
What is the demographic composition of Buckeye United School District?
Buckeye United School District students are 76.4% African American, 15.7% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.