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Lagrange, Indiana - 3 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp #256 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,671 per pupil, Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp ranks #199 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,325
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,671
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp operates 3 public schools serving 1,325 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Lagrange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,671 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 36.1% local, 58.9% state, and 5.0% 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 39/100, ranked #256 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 376.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.1% White, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Prairie Heights Sr High School, with a diversity index of 18.6/100.
Prairie Heights Elementary School accounts for 39.9% of all Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp student-counselor ratio is 377:1 — 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.
Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0% — 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 Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp is typically wider than the Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Prairie Heights Community Sch Corp's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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