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Columbus, Ohio - 1 schools
At $43,345 per pupil, Graham School the ranks #3 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Graham School the operates 1 public schools serving 147 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 $43,345 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 64.3% local, 24.6% state, and 11.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 46.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 38.1% White, 35.3% African American, 18.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Graham School the, enrolling 139 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Graham School the accounts for 94.6% of all Graham School the student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Graham School the a distant remainder — means Graham School the-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.
Graham School the has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Graham School the student-counselor ratio is 46:1 — 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.
Graham School the has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 147 students.
How much does Graham School the spend per student?
Graham School the spends $43,345 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Graham School the?
Graham School the students are 38.1% White, 35.3% African American, 18.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.