Other / mixed grade configuration · Dundee, OH

Beacon Hill Academy

Federal NCES profile for Beacon Hill Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 390146305666Charter school
0/100100/10030/100
👥 S:T ratio
0
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
92
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Beacon Hill Academy earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 99% of Ohio schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Ohio schools.

30
Resource Index · Lower
58.7:1
large classes for Ohio
176
students enrolled

Beacon Hill Academy has class sizes larger than 99% of Ohio schools. Computed live against every Ohio school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

176

Ohio · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

3.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

58.7:1

vs 18.2:1 Ohio avg

+223% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Beacon Hill Academy compares with Ohio and U.S. medians

Larger classes than state median
0:135:158.7:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Beacon Hill Academy

Beacon Hill Academy is a small charter combined-grade school in Dundee, Ohio, enrolling 176 students.

Class loads run heavy: 58.7:1 is larger than about 99% of Ohio schools and 223% above the 18.2:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.

Enrollment of 176 puts it in the smaller third of Ohio schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the lower third of 3,574 scored Ohio schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (97% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 7/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 704 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance holds up well here: only 3.4% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

The surrounding Beacon Hill Academy spends $11,420 per pupil, 22% below the Ohio average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 25.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Beacon Hill Academy is a single-school charter district, so Beacon Hill Academy operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Beacon Hill Academy compares

Beacon Hill Academy on the metrics families compare, against Ohio and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Ohio Ohio avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 58.7:1 ▲ 223% 18.2:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 176 top 87% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

58.7:1
Leaner classes than 0% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
176
Bigger than 17% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
58.7:1
students per teacher - 223% above state mean
Top 99% in Ohio - lower ratio than 1% of state schools
Well above 20:1, one of the more stretched staffing loads nationally relative to enrollment.
Engagement
3.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$11,420
per pupil, district-wide - below Ohio avg of $14,655
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.3 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 96.6%
Two or More 1.7%
Hispanic or Latino 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.6%

Largest group: White at 96.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 6.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 6.6, Beacon Hill Academy is less mixed than the Ohio school average of 35.3.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Beacon Hill Academy, which includes Beacon Hill Academy.

$11,420
Per student
-22%
vs Ohio
Avg $14,655
-31%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 6.3%
State 68.0%
Federal 25.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Ohio, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Beacon Hill Academy's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Beacon Hill Academy

How many students attend Beacon Hill Academy?

Beacon Hill Academy has 176 students enrolled. It is a public school in Dundee, OH.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Beacon Hill Academy?

The student-teacher ratio at Beacon Hill Academy is 58.7:1, which is 223% higher than the Ohio average of 18.2:1 and 274% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Beacon Hill Academy?

The largest demographic group at Beacon Hill Academy is White at 96.6% of enrollment, in Dundee, OH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Beacon Hill Academy?

Beacon Hill Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Beacon Hill Academy a good school?

Beacon Hill Academy earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 99% of Ohio schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Ohio schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Beacon Hill Academy?

None; Beacon Hill Academy is a single-school charter district, and Beacon Hill Academy is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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