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Bluffton, Indiana - 3 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Msd Bluffton-Harrison #250 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,639 per pupil, Msd Bluffton-Harrison ranks #315 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,803
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,639
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Msd Bluffton-Harrison operates 3 public schools serving 1,803 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Wells County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,639 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 29.7% local, 59.5% state, and 10.8% 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 40/100, ranked #250 of 373 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 302.2:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 11.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.2% White, 9.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch, with a diversity index of 33.3/100.
Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch accounts for 41.4% of all Msd Bluffton-Harrison student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Msd Bluffton-Harrison-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.
Msd Bluffton-Harrison student-counselor ratio is 302:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Msd Bluffton-Harrison is typically wider than the Msd Bluffton-Harrison-aggregate figure suggests.
Msd Bluffton-Harrison chronic absenteeism rate is 11.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.