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Newark, Ohio - 1 schools
At $12,242 per pupil, Par Excellence Academy ranks #727 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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$12,242
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Par Excellence Academy operates 1 public schools serving 183 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 Licking County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,242 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 5.4% local, 62.4% state, and 32.1% 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 61.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.0% White, 7.0% African American, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Par Excellence Academy, enrolling 187 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Par Excellence Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Par Excellence Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Par Excellence Academy a distant remainder — means Par Excellence 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.
Par Excellence Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 61.5% — 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.
Par Excellence Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 183 students.
How much does Par Excellence Academy spend per student?
Par Excellence Academy spends $12,242 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Par Excellence Academy?
Par Excellence Academy students are 69.0% White, 7.0% African American, 2.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.