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Muncie, Indiana - 1 schools
At $15,213 per pupil, Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry ranks #34 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry operates 1 public schools serving 176 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Delaware County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,213 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 4.0% local, 60.3% state, and 35.7% 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 402:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.7% White, 20.9% African American, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry accounts for 100.0% of all Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry a distant remainder — means Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — 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.
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry chronic absenteeism rate is 45.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry?
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 176 students.
How much does Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry spend per student?
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry spends $15,213 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry?
Inspire Academy - a Sch of Inquiry students are 55.7% White, 20.9% African American, 8.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.