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University Heights, Ohio - 11 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Cleveland Heights-University Heights City #418 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $22,217 per pupil, Cleveland Heights-University Heights City ranks #51 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,010
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$22,217
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City operates 11 public schools serving 5,010 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 4 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $22,217 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.5% local, 15.0% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 44/100, ranked #418 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 301.9:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 39.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.8% African American, 18.3% White, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roxboro Elementary School, with a diversity index of 65.5/100.
Its largest campus is Cleveland Heights High School, enrolling 1,717 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tiger Virtual Academy, at 65 students, a 26x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cleveland Heights High School accounts for 33.8% of all Cleveland Heights-University Heights City student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cleveland Heights-University Heights City-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.
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City school enrollment varies 26× across entities
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 1,717 students (highest), a spread of 1,652 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City student-counselor ratio is 302:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Cleveland Heights-University Heights City is typically wider than the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City-aggregate figure suggests.
Cleveland Heights-University Heights City chronic absenteeism rate is 39.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Cleveland Heights-University Heights City's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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