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New Albany, Ohio - 5 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks New Albany-Plain Local #602 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,936 per pupil, New Albany-Plain Local ranks #452 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,101
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,936
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Albany-Plain Local operates 5 public schools serving 5,101 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 $13,936 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 81.8% local, 11.0% state, and 7.2% 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 33/100, ranked #602 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (17 AP courses district-wide), a 453.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.8% White, 11.5% African American, 10.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is New Albany Middle School, with a diversity index of 60.5/100.
Its largest campus is New Albany High School, enrolling 1,601 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is New Albany Early Learning Center, at 507 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
New Albany High School accounts for 31.4% of all New Albany-Plain Local student enrollment
That dominant concentration means New Albany-Plain Local-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.
New Albany-Plain Local school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
New Albany-Plain Local school enrollment ranges from 507 students (lowest) to 1,601 students (highest), a spread of 1,094 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
New Albany-Plain Local student-counselor ratio is 454:1 — 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.
New Albany-Plain Local chronic absenteeism rate is 14.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
New Albany-Plain Local has 5 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 5,101 students.
How much does New Albany-Plain Local spend per student?
New Albany-Plain Local spends $13,936 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #602 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of New Albany-Plain Local?
New Albany-Plain Local students are 62.8% White, 11.5% African American, 10.8% Asian, 6.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Albany-Plain Local?
New Albany-Plain Local has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #602 out of 806 districts in Ohio.