Ohio School for the Blind

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Columbus, Ohio - 2 schools

114
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Ohio School for the Blind operates 2 public schools serving 114 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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.

a 57:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.

Its largest campus is State School for the Blind, enrolling 76 students (67% of the district's total enrollment).

State School for the Blind accounts for 66.7% of all Ohio School for the Blind student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ohio School for the Blind a distant remainder — means Ohio School for the Blind-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Ohio School for the Blind student-counselor ratio is 57:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)

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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection

Programs & Resources

57:1
Student-Counselor Ratio

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Ohio School for the Blind

School Enrollment
State School for the Blind
76
State School for the Blind
38

How Ohio School for the Blind Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The Ohio districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Innovation Academy West Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Priority High School Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Franklinton High School Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Stark High School Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data
Summit Academy - Toledo Similar size No spending data No revenue-mix data

Comparisons are relative to Ohio School for the Blind's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Ohio School for the Blind?

Ohio School for the Blind has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 114 students.