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Garrett, Indiana - 3 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp #211 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,941 per pupil, Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp ranks #288 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,675
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,941
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp operates 3 public schools serving 1,675 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Dekalb County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,941 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.5% local, 62.6% state, and 10.9% 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 47/100, ranked #211 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 455.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.0% White, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Garrett High School, with a diversity index of 21.7/100.
Its largest campus is J E Ober Elementary School, enrolling 704 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
J E Ober Elementary School accounts for 42.0% of all Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp student-counselor ratio is 456:1 — 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.
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 15.1% — 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 Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp is typically wider than the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Garrett-Keyser-Butler Com Sch Corp's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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