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Gary, Indiana - 1 schools
At $6,133 per pupil, Excel Center - Gary ranks #392 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
145
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$6,133
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Excel Center - Gary operates 1 public schools serving 145 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $6,133 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 41 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 17.6% local, 82.4% state, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 62.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 67.2% African American, 16.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Excel Center - Gary, enrolling 125 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Excel Center - Gary accounts for 86.2% of all Excel Center - Gary student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Excel Center - Gary a distant remainder — means Excel Center - Gary-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.
Excel Center - Gary student-counselor ratio is 63:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Excel Center - Gary has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 145 students.
How much does Excel Center - Gary spend per student?
Excel Center - Gary spends $6,133 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Excel Center - Gary?
Excel Center - Gary students are 67.2% African American, 16.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.