High school (grades 9-12) · New Philadelphia, OH

Buckeye Career Center

Federal NCES profile for Buckeye Career Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 26/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 390516504092
0/100100/10026/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
42
📋 Attendance
6
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Buckeye Career Center earns 26/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#7 of 12
public schools in New Philadelphia · Resource Index
26
Resource Index · Lower
26.8%
free-lunch eligible
876
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Buckeye Career Center ranks #7 of 12 public schools in New Philadelphia, OH.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+10 students YoY

Buckeye Career Center held near 816 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+10 headcount).

Teacher FTE held 0.0 → 0.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+10 students YoY 390516504092 · New Philadelphia, OH High · MID · TRAD

876 enr · 26.8% lunch · RII 26

Nearest enrollment peer: Buckeye Career Center Annex-Hiland Satellite (6 students)

Buckeye Career Center held near 816 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+10 headcount). Teacher FTE held 0.0 → 0.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Ohio schools → · Find another →

How Buckeye Career Center compares

Buckeye Career Center held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Ohio and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Ohio Ohio avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 26.8% ▼ 15% 31.6% 51.7%
Enrollment 876 top 8% - -

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

876
Bigger than 88% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
26.8%
free-lunch eligible - 15% below the Ohio average of 31.6%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Engagement
37.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$21,192
per pupil, district-wide - above Ohio avg of $15,819
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors3.0 FTE
Per 292 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
104
in-school suspensions + 48 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 11.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 17.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 91.0%
Hispanic or Latino 5.7%
Two or More 2.2%
African American 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.3%

Largest group: White at 91.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 16.8/100

Simpson diversity index - at 16.8, Buckeye Career Center is less mixed than the Ohio school average of 35.3.

Programs

AP program Not offered

District finance for Buckeye reports $21,192 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Buckeye Career Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Buckeye Career Center Annex-Hiland Satellite Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Buckeye Career Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Buckeye · 1 sibling school

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Similar high schools in New Philadelphia

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Buckeye Career Center

How many students attend Buckeye Career Center?

Buckeye Career Center has 876 students enrolled. It is a high school in New Philadelphia, OH. CCD year-over-year: 806 (2022-23) → 816 (2023-24), nearly flat (+10).

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Buckeye Career Center?

26.8% of students at Buckeye Career Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Ohio average of 31.6%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Buckeye Career Center?

The largest demographic group at Buckeye Career Center is White at 91.0% of enrollment, in New Philadelphia, OH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Buckeye Career Center?

Buckeye Career Center has a Resource Investment Index of 26/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Buckeye Career Center rank among public schools in New Philadelphia?

By Resource Investment Index, Buckeye Career Center ranks #7 of 12 public schools in New Philadelphia, OH. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in New Philadelphia on the city page.

What other schools are in Buckeye?

Besides Buckeye Career Center, Buckeye also operates Buckeye Career Center Annex-Hiland Satellite (6 students). See the Buckeye district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 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.