An equity score of 72/100 ranks Msd Warren Township #47 of 372 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,342 per pupil, Msd Warren Township ranks #89 of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,824
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$14,342
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Msd Warren Township operates 15 public schools serving 11,824 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high 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 $14,342 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.1% local, 58.9% state, and 18.0% 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 72/100, ranked #47 of 372 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 15 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 415.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 37.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.0% African American, 24.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.6% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lowell Elementary School, with a diversity index of 72.4/100.
Its largest campus is Warren Central High School, enrolling 3,391 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hawthorne Elementary School, at 404 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Warren Central High School accounts for 28.5% of all Msd Warren Township student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Msd Warren 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 Warren Township school enrollment varies 8.4× across entities
Msd Warren Township school enrollment ranges from 404 students (lowest) to 3,391 students (highest), a spread of 2,987 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 Warren Township student-counselor ratio is 416:1 — 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 Warren Township chronic absenteeism rate is 37.0% — 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.