NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Hobart, IN

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9 public K-12 schools in Hobart from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
5,285
Students
46.7/100
Avg Resource Index
19:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hobart has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hobart's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Hobart's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Hobart's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 77th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 20th percentile. The 57-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 42%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
77th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Hobart High School accounts for 25.0% of all Hobart public-school enrollment

That concentration means Hobart-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hobart school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities

Hobart school enrollment ranges from 264 students (lowest) to 1,320 students (highest), a spread of 1,056 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hobart reports 54.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hobart student-teacher ratio is 19.0:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. John I Meister Elementary School 54
2. River Forest High School 51
3. Hobart Middle School 50
4. River Forest Middle School 50
5. Liberty Elementary School 48
6. Early Learning Center-George Earle 47
7. Hobart High School 44
8. Joan Martin Elementary School 39
9. Veterans Elementary School at Mundell 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hobart

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 River Forest High School 68.9/100
  2. 2 River Forest Middle School 68.4/100
  3. 3 John I Meister Elementary School 64.8/100
  4. 4 Early Learning Center-George Earle 62.1/100
  5. 5 Veterans Elementary School at Mundell 61.6/100

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Which Hobart school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

John I Meister Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hobart schools in this federal-data comparison at 54/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hobart, IN? ▼

Hobart has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,285 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 19:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.