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Columbus, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 41/100 ranks Columbus Collegiate Academy #490 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,996 per pupil, Columbus Collegiate Academy ranks #611 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
240
Total Enrollment
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$12,996
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Columbus Collegiate Academy operates 1 public schools serving 240 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle 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 $12,996 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.5% local, 75.3% state, and 23.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 41/100, ranked #490 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.
and 59.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
Its largest campus is Columbus Collegiate Academy, enrolling 240 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Columbus Collegiate Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Columbus Collegiate Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Columbus Collegiate Academy a distant remainder — means Columbus Collegiate Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. 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.
Columbus Collegiate Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 59.2% — 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.