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Columbus, Ohio - 1 schools
At $11,008 per pupil, Early College Academy ranks #867 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$11,008
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Early College Academy operates 1 public schools serving 129 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 $11,008 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 1.2% local, 80.7% state, and 18.1% 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 114:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 74.6% African American, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Early College Academy, enrolling 114 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Early College Academy accounts for 88.4% of all Early College Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Early College Academy a distant remainder — means Early College Academy-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.
Early College Academy student-counselor ratio is 114:1 — 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.
Early College Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 129 students.
How much does Early College Academy spend per student?
Early College Academy spends $11,008 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Early College Academy?
Early College Academy students are 74.6% African American, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino, 6.1% White, 2.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.