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Whiteland, Indiana - 8 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp #313 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,322 per pupil, Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp ranks #245 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,371
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$11,322
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp operates 8 public schools serving 6,371 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,322 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.1% local, 57.2% state, and 6.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 28/100, ranked #313 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (22 AP courses district-wide), a 524:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.9% White, 20.7% Asian, 8.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Grassy Creek Elementary School, with a diversity index of 68.3/100.
Its largest campus is Whiteland Community High School, enrolling 2,144 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Whiteland Elementary School, at 370 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Whiteland Community High School accounts for 29.9% of all Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp school enrollment ranges from 370 students (lowest) to 2,144 students (highest), a spread of 1,774 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp student-counselor ratio is 524:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 10.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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