An equity score of 46/100 ranks Paramount Brookside #220 of 372 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,384 per pupil, Paramount Brookside ranks #55 of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Paramount Brookside operates 1 public schools serving 803 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Marion County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,384 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 61.6% local, 24.5% state, and 14.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 46/100, ranked #220 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.
and 21.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.0% African American, 22.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Paramount Brookside, enrolling 843 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Paramount Brookside accounts for 100.0% of all Paramount Brookside student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Paramount Brookside a distant remainder — means Paramount Brookside-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Paramount Brookside chronic absenteeism rate is 21.1% — 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 Paramount Brookside is typically wider than the Paramount Brookside-aggregate figure suggests.