Mitchell Community Schools

Public school district · Lawrence County · Indiana · NCES district ID 1806900

Mitchell Community Schools spent $17,065 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 98% of the other Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,329). Its 4 schools enrolled 1,476 students in 2024-25; 62.6% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,745 per student, up 115.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Indiana: 88.1%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Indiana districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Mitchell Community Schools in enrollment (1,472 to 1,539 students) and Mitchell Community Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Mitchell Community Schools, FY23Mitchell Community Schools $17,065; Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation $13,732; Alexandria Community School Corporation $13,137; Elwood Community School Corp $13,135; Blackford County Schools $13,100; Mill Creek Community School Corporation $12,668; Wabash City Schools $12,562; Switzerland County School Corporation $12,271; Bremen Public Schools $11,810; Porter Township School Corp $9,769; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kMitchell Community Schools$17,065Rensselaer Central Schools Cor…$13,732Alexandria Community School Co…$13,137Elwood Community School Corp$13,135Blackford County Schools$13,100Mill Creek Community School Co…$12,668Wabash City Schools$12,562Switzerland County School Corp…$12,271Bremen Public Schools$11,810Porter Township School Corp$9,769State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Mitchell Community Schools, FY23Mitchell Community Schools $17,065; Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation $13,732; Alexandria Community School Corporation $13,137; Elwood Community School Corp $13,135; Blackford County Schools $13,100; Mill Creek Community School Corporation $12,668; Wabash City Schools $12,562; Switzerland County School Corporation $12,271; Bremen Public Schools $11,810; Porter Township School Corp $9,769; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.7.5k10k12.5k15k17.5kMitchell Community Schools$17,065Rensselaer Central Schools Corporat…$13,732Alexandria Community School Corpora…$13,137Elwood Community School Corp$13,135Blackford County Schools$13,100Mill Creek Community School Corpora…$12,668Wabash City Schools$12,562Switzerland County School Corporati…$12,271Bremen Public Schools$11,810Porter Township School Corp$9,769State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Mitchell Community Schools, FY23Mitchell Community Schools $17,065; Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation $13,732; Alexandria Community School Corporation $13,137; Elwood Community School Corp $13,135; Blackford County Schools $13,100; Mill Creek Community School Corporation $12,668; Wabash City Schools $12,562; Switzerland County School Corporation $12,271; Bremen Public Schools $11,810; Porter Township School Corp $9,769; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.7.5k12.5k17.5kMitchell Community Schools$17,065Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation$13,732Alexandria Community School Corporation$13,137Elwood Community School Corp$13,135Blackford County Schools$13,100Mill Creek Community School Corporation$12,668Wabash City Schools$12,562Switzerland County School Corporation$12,271Bremen Public Schools$11,810Porter Township School Corp$9,769State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Mitchell Community Schools, FY23Mitchell Community Schools $17,065; Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation $13,732; Alexandria Community School Corporation $13,137; Elwood Community School Corp $13,135; Blackford County Schools $13,100; Mill Creek Community School Corporation $12,668; Wabash City Schools $12,562; Switzerland County School Corporation $12,271; Bremen Public Schools $11,810; Porter Township School Corp $9,769; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.7.5k12.5k17.5kMitchell Community Schools$17,065Rensselaer Central Schools Corporation$13,732Alexandria Community School Corporation$13,137Elwood Community School Corp$13,135Blackford County Schools$13,100Mill Creek Community School Corporation$12,668Wabash City Schools$12,562Switzerland County School Corporation$12,271Bremen Public Schools$11,810Porter Township School Corp$9,769State median, 1,000+ students $12,329

Where the money came from

$23,069,000 in revenue: 62.6% state, 27.4% local and 10.0% federal. Total spending including $4,313,000 of capital outlay was $30,184,000, or $20,136 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Mitchell Community Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $14,438,000; Local $6,328,000; Federal $2,303,000; total $23,069,000.
  • State$14,438,000 63%
  • Local$6,328,000 27%
  • Federal$2,303,000 10%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 240 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,499 students in 2022-23, 650 students in 2023-24, 1,476 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Mitchell Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,499, 2023-24: 650, 2024-25: 1,47605001k1.5k2022-231,4992023-246502024-251,476
Mitchell Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,499, 2023-24: 650, 2024-25: 1,47605001k1.5k2022-231,4992023-246502024-251,476
Mitchell Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,499, 2023-24: 650, 2024-25: 1,47605001k1.5k2022-231,4992023-246502024-251,476
Mitchell Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,499, 2023-24: 650, 2024-25: 1,47605001k1.5k2022-231,4992023-246502024-251,476

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,499113.013.3
2023-24650117.05.6
2024-251,476115.012.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$5,742,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,831 per student

Mitchell Community Schools booked $5,742,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 113 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $50,814 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 46 in 100 Indiana districts with a figure (state median $51,375, 357 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$4,594,00080.0%
Special education$1,134,00019.7%
Other programs$14,0000.2%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,109 in 2018-19, $3,284 in 2019-20, $3,576 in 2020-21, $3,611 in 2021-22, $3,831 in 2022-23.

Mitchell Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,109, 2019-20: $3,284, 2020-21: $3,576, 2021-22: $3,611, 2022-23: $3,83101k2k3k4k2018-19$3,1092019-20$3,2842020-21$3,5762021-22$3,6112022-23$3,831
Mitchell Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,109, 2019-20: $3,284, 2020-21: $3,576, 2021-22: $3,611, 2022-23: $3,83101k2k3k4k2018-19$3,1092019-20$3,2842020-21$3,5762021-22$3,6112022-23$3,831
Mitchell Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,109, 2019-20: $3,284, 2020-21: $3,576, 2021-22: $3,611, 2022-23: $3,83101k2k3k4k2018-19$3,1092019-20$3,2842020-21$3,5762021-22$3,6112022-23$3,831
Mitchell Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,109, 2019-20: $3,284, 2020-21: $3,576, 2021-22: $3,611, 2022-23: $3,83101k2k3k4k2018-19$3,1092019-20$3,2842020-21$3,5762021-22$3,6112022-23$3,831

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Mitchell Community Schools scored proficient or above: 24% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Indiana, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIndianaStudents tested
Math24%37.5%787

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 106 students in Mitchell Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIndiana
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%88.1%
Students in the class10677,216

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 716 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hatfield Elementary School39612.651.5%Targeted program
Burris Elementary School32013.856.9%Targeted program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 middle school, 336 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mitchell Jr High School33612.057.7%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 424 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mitchell High School42413.149.3%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Mitchell Community Schools

  1. Indiana districts by spending per studentMitchell Community Schools ranks 6 of 240 Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($17,065).#6 of 240
  2. Every school district in IndianaMitchell Community Schools is the number 175 by size of 414 Indiana districts, with 1,499 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#175 of 414
  3. Rensselaer Central Schools CorporationThe next larger Indiana district: 1,521 students in fall 2022, $13,732 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,732
  4. Blackford County SchoolsThe next smaller Indiana district: 1,496 students in fall 2022, $13,100 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,100
  5. Compare Mitchell Community Schools with Rensselaer Central Schools CorporationEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Mitchell High School, its largest high school424 students in 2024-25, 13.1 per teacher.424
  7. Teacher salary spending across IndianaMitchell Community Schools spent $50,814 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $51,375); spending, not a salary.$50,814
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Mitchell Community Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Mitchell Community Schools?
    4 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high), enrolling 1,476 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Mitchell Community Schools spend per student?
    $17,065 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Indiana median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,329 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $36,745 per student, up 115.3% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Mitchell Community Schools' money come from?
    $23,069,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 62.6% state, 27.4% local and 10.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Mitchell Community Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 277 of the 1,720 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 16.1%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Mitchell Community Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $5,742,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,831 per student. Divided by the 113 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $50,814 per teacher, more than 46 in 100 Indiana districts (state median $51,375). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Mitchell Community Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Mitchell Community Schools scored proficient or above: 24% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Indiana's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Mitchell Community Schools?
    85-89% of the 106 students in Mitchell Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Mitchell Community Schools' NCES district ID?
    1806900. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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