At $17,483 per pupil, Herron Preparatory Academy ranks #14 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Herron Preparatory Academy operates 1 public schools serving 174 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,483 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 41 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.0% local, 47.7% state, and 23.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 428:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 7.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.3% White, 32.7% African American, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Herron Preparatory Academy, enrolling 428 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Herron Preparatory Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Herron Preparatory Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Herron Preparatory Academy a distant remainder — means Herron Preparatory Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Herron Preparatory Academy student-counselor ratio is 428:1 — 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.
Herron Preparatory Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 7.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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 Herron Preparatory Academy?
Herron Preparatory Academy has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 174 students.
How much does Herron Preparatory Academy spend per student?
Herron Preparatory Academy spends $17,483 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Herron Preparatory Academy?
Herron Preparatory Academy students are 45.3% White, 32.7% African American, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.