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Crawfordsville, Indiana - 6 schools
An equity score of 56/100 ranks Crawfordsville Community Schools #143 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,773 per pupil, Crawfordsville Community Schools ranks #113 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,531
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,773
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Crawfordsville Community Schools operates 6 public schools serving 2,531 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,773 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 30.4% local, 57.4% state, and 12.2% 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 56/100, ranked #143 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 409.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Meredith Nicholson Elementary Sch, with a diversity index of 49.9/100.
Its largest campus is Crawfordsville Sr High School, enrolling 682 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Anna Willson School, at 170 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Crawfordsville Sr High School accounts for 26.6% of all Crawfordsville Community Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Crawfordsville Community Schools-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.
Crawfordsville Community Schools school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities
Crawfordsville Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 682 students (highest), a spread of 512 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.
Crawfordsville Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.4% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Crawfordsville Community Schools student-counselor ratio is 410:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Crawfordsville Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Crawfordsville Community Schools is typically wider than the Crawfordsville Community Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Crawfordsville Community Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Crawfordsville Community Schools?
Crawfordsville Community Schools has 6 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 2,531 students.
How much does Crawfordsville Community Schools spend per student?
Crawfordsville Community Schools spends $12,773 per student. The district has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #143 in Indiana.
What is the demographic composition of Crawfordsville Community Schools?
Crawfordsville Community Schools students are 69.9% White, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Crawfordsville Community Schools?
Crawfordsville Community Schools has an equity score of 56/100, ranking #143 out of 373 districts in Indiana.