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Cleveland, Ohio - 1 schools
At $13,626 per pupil, East Preparatory Academy ranks #507 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
East Preparatory Academy operates 1 public schools serving 194 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,626 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 6.9% local, 62.0% state, and 31.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 69.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is East Preparatory Academy, enrolling 212 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
East Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all East Preparatory Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of East Preparatory Academy a distant remainder — means East Preparatory Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
East Preparatory Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 69.8% — 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.
East Preparatory Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 194 students.
How much does East Preparatory Academy spend per student?
East Preparatory Academy spends $13,626 per student.
What is the demographic composition of East Preparatory Academy?
East Preparatory Academy students are 87.3% African American, 2.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% White, 1.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.