At $16,954 per pupil, Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy ranks #237 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy operates 1 public schools serving 196 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,954 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 , 75.0% state, and 25.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 84.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.2% African American, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 17.9% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (196 to 161 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,323,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 100% went to instruction, 0% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, unusually instruction-forward, with a larger-than-typical share reaching classrooms directly. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy accounts for 67.9% of all Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy a distant remainder — means Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy-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.
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 84.2% — 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 Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy'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 Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy?
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 196 students.
How much does Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy spend per student?
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy spends $16,954 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy?
Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy students are 75.2% African American, 15.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.