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Youngstown, Ohio - 1 schools
At $16,521 per pupil, Southside Academy ranks #180 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Southside Academy operates 1 public schools serving 150 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 Mahoning County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,521 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 3.9% local, 50.7% state, and 45.4% 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 65.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.0% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Southside Academy, enrolling 177 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Southside Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Southside Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southside Academy a distant remainder — means Southside 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.
Southside Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 65.5% — 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.
Southside Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 150 students.
How much does Southside Academy spend per student?
Southside Academy spends $16,521 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Southside Academy?
Southside Academy students are 74.0% African American, 10.2% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.