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Ferdinand, Indiana - 4 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp #314 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,462 per pupil, Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp ranks #226 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,254
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,462
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp operates 4 public schools serving 1,254 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 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 Dubois County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,462 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 33.6% local, 58.1% 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 28/100, ranked #314 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 277.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 3.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.6% White, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cedar Crest Intermediate School, with a diversity index of 12.9/100.
Its largest campus is Forest Park Jr-Sr High School, enrolling 555 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
Forest Park Jr-Sr High School accounts for 44.3% of all Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp-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.
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp school enrollment ranges from 192 students (lowest) to 555 students (highest), a spread of 363 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.
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp student-counselor ratio is 278:1 — 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 Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp is typically wider than the Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp-aggregate figure suggests.
Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 3.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.