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Columbus, Ohio - 3 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Grandview Heights Schools #171 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,802 per pupil, Grandview Heights Schools ranks #87 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,144
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$19,802
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grandview Heights Schools operates 3 public schools serving 1,144 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 $19,802 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 79.8% local, 12.0% state, and 8.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #171 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 405.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.3% White, 3.3% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stevenson Elementary, with a diversity index of 25.5/100.
Its largest campus is Larson Middle School, enrolling 453 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Larson Middle School accounts for 39.6% of all Grandview Heights Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grandview Heights Schools-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.
Grandview Heights Schools student-counselor ratio is 405:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Grandview Heights Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 15.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Grandview Heights Schools is typically wider than the Grandview Heights Schools-aggregate figure suggests.