Public schools in Kokomo, IN

Kokomo has 19 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 4 high, 5 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 8,255 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Kokomo School Corporation runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Kokomo's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in KokomoDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Kokomo School Corporation115,238$12,699
Northwestern School Corp41,853$11,253
Taylor Community School Corporation31,300$11,822
Excel Center - Kokomo1343$4,105

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

4 high schools in Kokomo, 2,669 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Kokomo High School1,39313.147.7%Kokomo School Corporation
Northwestern Senior High School54113.920.5%Northwestern School Corp
Excel Center - Kokomo39235.655.6%Excel Center - Kokomo
Taylor High School34315.744.3%Taylor Community School Corporation

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

5 middle schools in Kokomo, 1,768 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Central Middle School45114.945.5%Kokomo School Corporation
Maple Crest Middle School43514.561.4%Kokomo School Corporation
Taylor Middle School36813.761.1%Taylor Community School Corporation
Northwestern Middle School32417.526.9%Northwestern School Corp
Bon Air Middle School19010.968.9%Kokomo School Corporation

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Kokomo, 3,818 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Northwestern Elementary School66517.526.6%Northwestern School Corp
Lafayette Park Elementary School52711.057.9%Kokomo School Corporation
Taylor Elementary School49417.457.7%Taylor Community School Corporation
Wallace Elementary School36016.047.5%Kokomo School Corporation
Boulevard Elementary School34015.549.4%Kokomo School Corporation
Elwood Haynes Elementary School33410.882.6%Kokomo School Corporation
Howard Elementary School31712.041.0%Northwestern School Corp
Sycamore Elementary School30515.673.1%Kokomo School Corporation
Bon Air Elementary School26115.573.2%Kokomo School Corporation
Pettit Park School21515.069.3%Kokomo School Corporation

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Kokomo's public schools compare with Indiana's

The median Kokomo school has 15.0 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Indiana median of 14.8. 58% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 43% across the state. Its median school enrolls 360 students (state 456).

Kokomo against Indiana, schools open in 2024-25 with students
KokomoIndiana
Median students per teacher15.014.8
Median school size (students)360456
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)58%43%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)74%38%
Charter schools5.3%6.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 19 Kokomo schools and the 1,822 Indiana schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Kokomo

  1. Kokomo School CorporationRuns 11 of Kokomo's 19 public schools and spent $12,699 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,699
  2. Kokomo High School, the largest high school in Kokomo1,393 students in 2024-25, 13.1 per teacher.1,393
  3. Compare Kokomo School Corporation with Northwestern School CorpKokomo's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IndianaIndiana's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Kokomo addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Indiana

  1. Indianapolis219 schools
  2. Fort Wayne74 schools
  3. Evansville40 schools
  4. South Bend35 schools
  5. Elkhart29 schools
  6. Bloomington26 schools
  7. Lafayette24 schools
  8. Valparaiso23 schools

Questions about schools in Kokomo

  1. How many public schools are in Kokomo, IN?
    19 public schools with an address in Kokomo were open in 2024-25: 4 high, 5 middle, 10 elementary, enrolling 8,255 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Kokomo?
    Kokomo High School, with 1,393 students in 2024-25 (Kokomo School Corporation).
  3. Which districts run Kokomo's schools?
    Kokomo School Corporation (11 schools), Northwestern School Corp (4 schools), Taylor Community School Corporation (3 schools), Excel Center - Kokomo (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .