An equity score of 48/100 ranks Msd Decatur Township #203 of 372 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,193 per pupil, Msd Decatur Township ranks #240 of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,709
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$12,193
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Msd Decatur Township operates 8 public schools serving 6,709 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 $12,193 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 30.4% local, 57.1% state, and 12.5% 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 48/100, ranked #203 of 372 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 364.1:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.8% White, 30.0% African American, 16.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lynwood Elementary, with a diversity index of 69.6/100.
Its largest campus is Decatur Central High School, enrolling 1,974 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Stephen Decatur Elementary School, at 496 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Decatur Central High School accounts for 29.4% of all Msd Decatur Township student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Msd Decatur Township-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Msd Decatur Township school enrollment varies 4.0× across entities
Msd Decatur Township school enrollment ranges from 496 students (lowest) to 1,974 students (highest), a spread of 1,478 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Msd Decatur Township student-counselor ratio is 364:1 — 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.
Msd Decatur Township chronic absenteeism rate is 32.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.