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South Bend, Indiana - 1 schools
At $4,023 per pupil, Excel Center - South Bend ranks #404 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
180
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$4,023
Per-Pupil Spending
High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Excel Center - South Bend operates 1 public schools serving 180 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 St. Joseph County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $4,023 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 0.4% local, 99.1% state, and 0.5% 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 98.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 41.6% African American, 30.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Excel Center - South Bend, enrolling 296 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Excel Center - South Bend accounts for 100.0% of all Excel Center - South Bend student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Excel Center - South Bend a distant remainder — means Excel Center - South Bend-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 - South Bend student-counselor ratio is 99:1 — 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.
How many schools are in Excel Center - South Bend?
Excel Center - South Bend has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 180 students.
How much does Excel Center - South Bend spend per student?
Excel Center - South Bend spends $4,023 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Excel Center - South Bend?
Excel Center - South Bend students are 41.6% African American, 30.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.