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Portage, Indiana - 1 schools
At $12,718 per pupil, Neighbors' New Vistas High School ranks #117 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$12,718
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Neighbors' New Vistas High School operates 1 public schools serving 148 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Porter County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,718 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 14.7% local, 69.9% state, and 15.4% 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 139:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 55.4% White, 22.3% African American, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Neighbors' New Vistas High School accounts for 93.9% of all Neighbors' New Vistas High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Neighbors' New Vistas High School a distant remainder — means Neighbors' New Vistas High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Neighbors' New Vistas High School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.5% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Neighbors' New Vistas High School student-counselor ratio is 139:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Neighbors' New Vistas High School'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 Neighbors' New Vistas High School?
Neighbors' New Vistas High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 148 students.
How much does Neighbors' New Vistas High School spend per student?
Neighbors' New Vistas High School spends $12,718 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Neighbors' New Vistas High School?
Neighbors' New Vistas High School students are 55.4% White, 22.3% African American, 15.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.