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At $15,218 per pupil, Northwest School of the Arts ranks #283 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwest School of the Arts operates 1 public schools serving 182 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 Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,218 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 8.0% local, 65.8% state, and 26.2% 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 50.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.2% African American, 15.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Northwest School of the Arts, enrolling 279 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Northwest School of the Arts accounts for 100.0% of all Northwest School of the Arts student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Northwest School of the Arts a distant remainder — means Northwest School of the Arts-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.
Northwest School of the Arts chronic absenteeism rate is 50.2% — 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.
How many schools are in Northwest School of the Arts?
Northwest School of the Arts has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 182 students.
How much does Northwest School of the Arts spend per student?
Northwest School of the Arts spends $15,218 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Northwest School of the Arts?
Northwest School of the Arts students are 60.2% African American, 15.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.