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Shelbyville, Indiana - 4 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Shelby Eastern Schools #232 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,278 per pupil, Shelby Eastern Schools ranks #154 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,213
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,278
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shelby Eastern Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,213 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,278 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 35.2% local, 54.4% state, and 10.3% 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 44/100, ranked #232 of 373 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 331.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Waldron Elementary School, with a diversity index of 13.3/100.
Its largest campus is Morristown Elementary School, enrolling 338 students (26% of the district's total enrollment).
Morristown Elementary School accounts for 26.2% of all Shelby Eastern Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Shelby Eastern Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Shelby Eastern Schools student-counselor ratio is 331:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Shelby Eastern Schools is typically wider than the Shelby Eastern Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Shelby Eastern Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 10.5% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.