At $15,944 per pupil, Damar Charter Academy ranks #27 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
179
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$15,944
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Damar Charter Academy operates 1 public schools serving 179 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,944 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 41 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.3% local, 89.0% state, and 9.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 720:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.4% White, 23.3% African American, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Damar Charter Academy, enrolling 180 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Damar Charter Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Damar Charter Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Damar Charter Academy a distant remainder — means Damar Charter Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Damar Charter Academy reports 98.9% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Damar Charter Academy student-counselor ratio is 720:1 — 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.
Damar Charter Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 41.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Damar Charter Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 179 students.
How much does Damar Charter Academy spend per student?
Damar Charter Academy spends $15,944 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Damar Charter Academy?
Damar Charter Academy students are 64.4% White, 23.3% African American, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.