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Fairborn, Ohio - 1 schools
At $9,035 per pupil, Fairborn Digital Academy ranks #941 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
194
Total Enrollment
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$9,035
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Fairborn Digital Academy operates 1 public schools serving 194 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 Greene County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,035 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 97 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.7% local, 73.9% state, and 25.4% 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 1.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.2% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Fairborn Digital Academy, enrolling 257 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Fairborn Digital Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Fairborn Digital Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Fairborn Digital Academy a distant remainder — means Fairborn Digital 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.
Fairborn Digital Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 1.9% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Fairborn Digital Academy has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 194 students.
How much does Fairborn Digital Academy spend per student?
Fairborn Digital Academy spends $9,035 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Fairborn Digital Academy?
Fairborn Digital Academy students are 78.2% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.