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Hammond, Indiana - 1 schools
At $5,578 per pupil, Excel Center - Hammond ranks #393 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
195
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$5,578
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Excel Center - Hammond operates 1 public schools serving 195 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 $5,578 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 11.5% local, 86.8% state, and 1.6% 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 68.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 52.2% Hispanic or Latino, 34.1% African American, 12.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Excel Center - Hammond, enrolling 205 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Excel Center - Hammond accounts for 100.0% of all Excel Center - Hammond student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Excel Center - Hammond a distant remainder — means Excel Center - Hammond-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 - Hammond student-counselor ratio is 68:1 — 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 - Hammond has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 195 students.
How much does Excel Center - Hammond spend per student?
Excel Center - Hammond spends $5,578 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Excel Center - Hammond?
Excel Center - Hammond students are 52.2% Hispanic or Latino, 34.1% African American, 12.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.