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Noblesville, Indiana - 10 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Noblesville Schools #260 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,313 per pupil, Noblesville Schools ranks #151 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
10,578
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$12,313
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Noblesville Schools operates 10 public schools serving 10,578 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 2 middle, 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 Hamilton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,313 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 40.0% local, 51.7% state, and 8.3% 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 38/100, ranked #260 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 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (28 AP courses district-wide), a 444.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.4% White, 10.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Promise Road Elementary, with a diversity index of 59.5/100.
Its largest campus is Noblesville High School, enrolling 3,291 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is North Elementary School, at 448 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Noblesville High School accounts for 31.1% of all Noblesville Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Noblesville Schools-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.
Noblesville Schools school enrollment varies 7.3× across entities
Noblesville Schools school enrollment ranges from 448 students (lowest) to 3,291 students (highest), a spread of 2,843 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.
Noblesville Schools student-counselor ratio is 444:1 — 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.
Noblesville Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 23.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Noblesville Schools is typically wider than the Noblesville Schools-aggregate figure suggests.