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Columbus, Ohio - 1 schools
At $17,000 per pupil, Central High School ranks #154 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Central High School operates 1 public schools serving 118 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,000 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 4.1% local, 79.4% state, and 16.5% 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 93:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 64.5% African American, 19.4% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Central High School, enrolling 93 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Central High School accounts for 78.8% of all Central High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Central High School a distant remainder — means Central 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.
Central High School student-counselor ratio is 93:1 — 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.
Central High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 118 students.
How much does Central High School spend per student?
Central High School spends $17,000 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Central High School?
Central High School students are 64.5% African American, 19.4% White, 11.8% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.