NCES CCD 2024-25 19 schools IN

Best-Resourced Schools in Kokomo, IN

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

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19
Schools
8,255
Students
41.7/100
Avg Resource Index
15.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Kokomo has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Kokomo sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Kokomo's list includes 4 elementary, 4 middle, and 4 high-school campuses, plus 7 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 37-point gap between Northwestern Senior High School and Excel Center - Kokomo shows the range hidden by Kokomo's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 16%
Resource Index average
54th percentile
Teacher staffing
51st percentile

Kokomo High School accounts for 16.9% of all Kokomo public-school enrollment

That concentration means Kokomo-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

Kokomo school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities

Kokomo school enrollment ranges from 190 students (lowest) to 1,393 students (highest), a spread of 1,203 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

Kokomo reports 56.3% 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

Kokomo student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Kokomo is typically wider than the Kokomo-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Northwestern Senior High School 61
2. Wallace Elementary School 51
3. Boulevard Elementary School 50
4. Central Middle School 49
5. Bon Air Middle School 48
6. Lafayette Park Elementary School 46
7. Pettit Park School 46
8. Sycamore Elementary School 44
9. Kokomo High School 43
10. Taylor Middle School 43
11. Elwood Haynes Elementary School 43
12. Taylor High School 41
13. Howard Elementary School 38
14. Northwestern Middle School 37
15. Northwestern Elementary School 35
16. Maple Crest Middle School 35
17. Bon Air Elementary School 30
18. Taylor Elementary School 29
19. Excel Center - Kokomo 24

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Kokomo

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 Sycamore Elementary School 71.4/100
  2. 2 Elwood Haynes Elementary School 65.9/100
  3. 3 Bon Air Elementary School 64.9/100
  4. 4 Pettit Park School 64.7/100
  5. 5 Bon Air Middle School 63.3/100

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Which Kokomo school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Northwestern Senior High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Kokomo schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Kokomo, IN? ▼

Kokomo has 19 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,255 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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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.