Quaker Preparatory Academy

Quaker Preparatory Academy is an one-room-style elementary school in New Philadelphia, Ohio, part of Quaker Preparatory Academy. The school teaches 159 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Quaker Preparatory Academy sits inside Quaker Preparatory Academy, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Quaker Preparatory Academy reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Quaker Preparatory Academy has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 53.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Quaker Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tuscarawas County indicate median household income runs about $65,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Tuscarawas County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students), of which Quaker Preparatory Academy is one.

Quaker Digital Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-based site. Quaker Preparatory Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

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