At $17,841 per pupil, Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown ranks #186 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown operates 1 public schools serving 189 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,841 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.6% local, 63.4% state, and 36.0% 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 188:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.3% African American, 37.8% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (189 to 203 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,619,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 55% went to instruction, 35.2% to support services, and 6.8% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown accounts for 99.5% of all Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown a distant remainder — means Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown student-counselor ratio is 188:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown chronic absenteeism rate is 53.7% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown?
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 189 students.
How much does Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown spend per student?
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown spends $17,841 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown?
Horizon Science Academy Dayton Downtown students are 47.3% African American, 37.8% White, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.