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Evansville, Indiana - 39 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp #89 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,310 per pupil, Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp ranks #152 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
21,739
Total Enrollment
39
Schools
$12,310
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp operates 39 public schools serving 21,739 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 combined, 13 elementary, 7 middle, 6 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Vanderburgh County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,310 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 23.7% local, 59.0% state, and 17.2% 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 66/100, ranked #89 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 39 schools offering Advanced Placement (93 AP courses district-wide), a 434.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.2% White, 17.7% African American, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lodge Community School, with a diversity index of 76.1/100.
Its largest campus is North High School, enrolling 1,650 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Evsc Virtual Academy, at 151 students, a 11x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp school enrollment varies 11× across entities
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp school enrollment ranges from 151 students (lowest) to 1,650 students (highest), a spread of 1,499 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.5% 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.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp student-counselor ratio is 435:1 — 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.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — 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 Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp is typically wider than the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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