Columbus Preparatory Academy
A public school district in Columbus, Ohio, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 797
- Students enrolled
- 39.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 86.5
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $8,863
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 797 in 2024–25
- Ranks 8,570th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 523rd of 1,004 in Ohio. Larger than 51% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $8,863 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 1% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Columbus Preparatory Academy spent $8,863 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,616 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $8,863 | $7.5 million | 841 |
| FY2022 | $10,017 | $7.9 million | 786 |
| FY2021 | $6,906 | $5.6 million | 818 |
| FY2020 | $6,999 | $5.8 million | 832 |
| FY2019 | $8,197 | $6.7 million | 818 |
| FY2018 | $7,609 | $5.7 million | 744 |
| FY2017 | $8,450 | $6.0 million | 716 |
| FY2016 | $8,054 | $5.5 million | 684 |
| FY2015 | $8,664 | $5.8 million | 673 |
| FY2014 | $7,039 | $4.8 million | 685 |
| FY2013 | $17,351 | $10.8 million | 621 |
| FY2012 | $7,828 | $5.3 million | 673 |
| FY2011 | $8,001 | $5.4 million | 677 |
| FY2010 | $8,178 | $5.1 million | 629 |
| FY2009 | $8,365 | $4.8 million | 570 |
| FY2008 | $6,990 | $4.1 million | 593 |
| FY2007 | $6,711 | $3.3 million | 488 |
| FY2006 | $8,649 | $3.0 million | 350 |
| FY2005 | $5,616 | $820.0 thousand | 146 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.9 million | 22.3% |
| State | $6.1 million | 70.5% |
| Local | $623.0 thousand | 7.1% |
| Total | $8.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Columbus Preparatory Academy | 797 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 3900307
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Ohio — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Ohio — A to Z, each with its page.
- Ohio on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved