Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co operates 1 public schools serving 161 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Marion County.
The funding mix is 100.0% local, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 200:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.5% White, 19.0% African American, 11.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Rise Learning Center, enrolling 200 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Rise Learning Center accounts for 100.0% of all Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co a distant remainder — means Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co reports 53.4% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co student-counselor ratio is 200:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co chronic absenteeism rate is 45.0% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co?
Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 161 students.
What is the demographic composition of Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co?
Southside Sp Srvs of Marion Co students are 55.5% White, 19.0% African American, 11.5% Asian, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.