At $20,250 per pupil, The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy ranks #110 of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy operates 1 public schools serving 100 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 Franklin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,250 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 981 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending. See how Ohio compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.7% local, 58.2% state, and 41.0% 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 77.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.3% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 24% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (100 to 76 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,025,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 58% went to instruction, 37% 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.
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy a distant remainder — means The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 77.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy'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 The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy?
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 100 students.
How much does The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy spend per student?
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy spends $20,250 per student.
What is the demographic composition of The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy?
The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy students are 78.3% African American, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.