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Columbus, Ohio - 1 schools
At $16,129 per pupil, The Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy ranks #203 of 966 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 $16,129 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 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.
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 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.
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 $16,129 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.