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Lorain, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Lorain Preparatory Academy #715 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,259 per pupil, Lorain Preparatory Academy ranks #905 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Lorain Preparatory Academy operates 1 public schools serving 516 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 Lorain County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,259 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, 64.1% state, and 35.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #715 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 416:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 97.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.0% Hispanic or Latino, 29.3% African American, 19.7% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Lorain Preparatory Academy, enrolling 416 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Lorain Preparatory Academy accounts for 80.6% of all Lorain Preparatory Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lorain Preparatory Academy a distant remainder — means Lorain 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.
Lorain Preparatory Academy student-counselor ratio is 416:1 — 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.
Lorain Preparatory Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 97.1% — 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.
How many schools are in Lorain Preparatory Academy?
Lorain Preparatory Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 516 students.
How much does Lorain Preparatory Academy spend per student?
Lorain Preparatory Academy spends $10,259 per student. The district has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #715 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Lorain Preparatory Academy?
Lorain Preparatory Academy students are 38.0% Hispanic or Latino, 29.3% African American, 19.7% White, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Lorain Preparatory Academy?
Lorain Preparatory Academy has an equity score of 25/100, ranking #715 out of 806 districts in Ohio.