At $30,132 per pupil, Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus ranks #18 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus operates 1 public schools serving 38 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Ohio. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 $30,132 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 99 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 65.8% state, and 34.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 36:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 63.9% African American, 33.3% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (38 to 38 students, +0%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,145,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 44.5% went to instruction, 50.8% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus accounts for 94.7% of all Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus a distant remainder — means Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus student-counselor ratio is 36:1 — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus'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 Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus?
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 38 students.
How much does Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus spend per student?
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus spends $30,132 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus?
Summit Academy Transition High School-Columbus students are 63.9% African American, 33.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.