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Cleveland, Ohio - 1 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Village Preparatory School Willard #299 of 806 districts in Ohio (state average 46). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,478 per pupil, Village Preparatory School Willard ranks #534 of 966 Ohio districts by per-pupil spending (Ohio districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Village Preparatory School Willard operates 1 public schools serving 519 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 Cuyahoga County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,478 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 8.5% local, 64.0% state, and 27.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #299 of 806 in Ohio against a state average of 46, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 473:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 66.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.7% African American, 23.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% White across the district's schools.
Village Preparatory School Willard accounts for 91.1% of all Village Preparatory School Willard student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Village Preparatory School Willard a distant remainder — means Village Preparatory School Willard-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.
Village Preparatory School Willard student-counselor ratio is 473:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Village Preparatory School Willard chronic absenteeism rate is 66.6% — 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 Village Preparatory School Willard'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 Village Preparatory School Willard?
Village Preparatory School Willard has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 519 students.
How much does Village Preparatory School Willard spend per student?
Village Preparatory School Willard spends $13,478 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #299 in Ohio.
What is the demographic composition of Village Preparatory School Willard?
Village Preparatory School Willard students are 60.7% African American, 23.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.9% White, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Village Preparatory School Willard?
Village Preparatory School Willard has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #299 out of 806 districts in Ohio.