Southwest Parke Community Schools

Listed by NCES as Southwest Parke Com Sch Corp (district ID 1810900)

Public school district · Parke County · Indiana · NCES district ID 1810900

Southwest Parke Community Schools spent $12,772 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 63% of the other Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $12,329). Its 3 schools enrolled 1,002 students in 2024-25; 63.3% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,020 per student, up 1.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 85-89% (Indiana: 88.1%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Indiana districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Southwest Parke Community Schools in enrollment (972 to 1,068 students) and Southwest Parke Community Schools itself.

Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Southwest Parke Community Schools, FY23Fremont Community Schools $14,228; Southeast Fountain School Corp $13,170; Milan Community Schools $12,822; Southwest Parke Community Schools $12,772; Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp $12,681; Carroll Consolidated School Corporation $12,106; Herron High School $11,855; Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation $11,683; Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc $11,531; Daleville Community Schools $11,311; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.10k12k14k16kFremont Community Schools$14,228Southeast Fountain School Corp$13,170Milan Community Schools$12,822Southwest Parke Community Scho…$12,772Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp$12,681Carroll Consolidated School Co…$12,106Herron High School$11,855Charles A. Beard Memorial Scho…$11,683Barr-Reeve Community Schools I…$11,531Daleville Community Schools$11,311State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Southwest Parke Community Schools, FY23Fremont Community Schools $14,228; Southeast Fountain School Corp $13,170; Milan Community Schools $12,822; Southwest Parke Community Schools $12,772; Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp $12,681; Carroll Consolidated School Corporation $12,106; Herron High School $11,855; Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation $11,683; Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc $11,531; Daleville Community Schools $11,311; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.10k12k14k16kFremont Community Schools$14,228Southeast Fountain School Corp$13,170Milan Community Schools$12,822Southwest Parke Community Schools$12,772Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp$12,681Carroll Consolidated School Corpora…$12,106Herron High School$11,855Charles A. Beard Memorial School Co…$11,683Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc$11,531Daleville Community Schools$11,311State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Southwest Parke Community Schools, FY23Fremont Community Schools $14,228; Southeast Fountain School Corp $13,170; Milan Community Schools $12,822; Southwest Parke Community Schools $12,772; Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp $12,681; Carroll Consolidated School Corporation $12,106; Herron High School $11,855; Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation $11,683; Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc $11,531; Daleville Community Schools $11,311; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.10k12k14k16kFremont Community Schools$14,228Southeast Fountain School Corp$13,170Milan Community Schools$12,822Southwest Parke Community Schools$12,772Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp$12,681Carroll Consolidated School Corporation$12,106Herron High School$11,855Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation$11,683Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc$11,531Daleville Community Schools$11,311State median, 1,000+ students $12,329
Current spending per student, Indiana districts closest in size to Southwest Parke Community Schools, FY23Fremont Community Schools $14,228; Southeast Fountain School Corp $13,170; Milan Community Schools $12,822; Southwest Parke Community Schools $12,772; Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp $12,681; Carroll Consolidated School Corporation $12,106; Herron High School $11,855; Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation $11,683; Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc $11,531; Daleville Community Schools $11,311; State median, 1,000+ students $12,329.10k12k14k16kFremont Community Schools$14,228Southeast Fountain School Corp$13,170Milan Community Schools$12,822Southwest Parke Community Schools$12,772Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp$12,681Carroll Consolidated School Corporation$12,106Herron High School$11,855Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corpor…$11,683Barr-Reeve Community Schools Inc$11,531Daleville Community Schools$11,311State median, 1,000+ students $12,329

Where the money came from

$14,633,000 in revenue: 63.3% state, 29.1% local and 7.6% federal. Total spending including $1,078,000 of capital outlay was $14,616,000, or $14,386 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Southwest Parke Community Schools revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $9,269,000; Local $4,252,000; Federal $1,112,000; total $14,633,000.
  • State$9,269,000 63%
  • Local$4,252,000 29%
  • Federal$1,112,000 8%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 240 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

1,016 students in 2022-23, 1,032 students in 2023-24, 1,002 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Southwest Parke Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,016, 2023-24: 1,032, 2024-25: 1,00205001k1.5k2022-231,0162023-241,0322024-251,002
Southwest Parke Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,016, 2023-24: 1,032, 2024-25: 1,00205001k1.5k2022-231,0162023-241,0322024-251,002
Southwest Parke Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,016, 2023-24: 1,032, 2024-25: 1,00205001k1.5k2022-231,0162023-241,0322024-251,002
Southwest Parke Community Schools enrollment by school year2022-23: 1,016, 2023-24: 1,032, 2024-25: 1,00205001k1.5k2022-231,0162023-241,0322024-251,002

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-231,01689.011.4
2023-241,03295.010.9
2024-251,00296.010.4

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$3,362,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,309 per student

Southwest Parke Community Schools booked $3,362,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 89 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $37,775 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 4 in 100 Indiana districts with a figure (state median $51,375, 357 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$2,876,00085.5%
Special education$362,00010.8%
Vocational$124,0003.7%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $2,869 in 2018-19, $2,948 in 2019-20, $3,148 in 2020-21, $3,170 in 2021-22, $3,309 in 2022-23.

Southwest Parke Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,869, 2019-20: $2,948, 2020-21: $3,148, 2021-22: $3,170, 2022-23: $3,30901k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8692019-20$2,9482020-21$3,1482021-22$3,1702022-23$3,309
Southwest Parke Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,869, 2019-20: $2,948, 2020-21: $3,148, 2021-22: $3,170, 2022-23: $3,30901k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8692019-20$2,9482020-21$3,1482021-22$3,1702022-23$3,309
Southwest Parke Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,869, 2019-20: $2,948, 2020-21: $3,148, 2021-22: $3,170, 2022-23: $3,30901k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8692019-20$2,9482020-21$3,1482021-22$3,1702022-23$3,309
Southwest Parke Community Schools teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $2,869, 2019-20: $2,948, 2020-21: $3,148, 2021-22: $3,170, 2022-23: $3,30901k2k3k4k2018-19$2,8692019-20$2,9482020-21$3,1482021-22$3,1702022-23$3,309

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Southwest Parke Community Schools scored proficient or above: 33% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Indiana, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtIndianaStudents tested
Math33%37.5%524

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

85-89% of the 61 students in Southwest Parke Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtIndiana
Four-year graduation rate85‑89%88.1%
Students in the class6177,216

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

2 elementary schools, 531 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Rosedale Elementary School31812.140.6%Eligible, no program
Montezuma Elementary School2139.560.6%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 high school, 471 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School47110.045.9%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Southwest Parke Community Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Southwest Parke Community Schools

  1. Indiana districts by spending per studentSouthwest Parke Community Schools ranks 89 of 240 Indiana districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($12,772).#89 of 240
  2. Every school district in IndianaSouthwest Parke Community Schools is the number 239 by size of 414 Indiana districts, with 1,016 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#239 of 414
  3. Daleville Community SchoolsThe next larger Indiana district: 1,018 students in fall 2022, $11,311 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,311
  4. Herron High SchoolThe next smaller Indiana district: 995 students in fall 2022, $11,855 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,855
  5. Compare Southwest Parke Community Schools with Daleville Community SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Riverton Parke Jr-Sr High School, its largest high school471 students in 2024-25, 10.0 per teacher.471
  7. Teacher salary spending across IndianaSouthwest Parke Community Schools spent $37,775 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $51,375); spending, not a salary.$37,775
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Southwest Parke Community Schools

  1. How many schools and students are in Southwest Parke Community Schools?
    3 schools were open in 2024-25 (2 elementary, 1 high), enrolling 1,002 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Southwest Parke Community Schools spend per student?
    $12,772 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Indiana median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $12,329 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $13,020 per student, up 1.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Southwest Parke Community Schools' money come from?
    $14,633,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 63.3% state, 29.1% local and 7.6% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Southwest Parke Community Schools live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 113 of the 848 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 13.3%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Southwest Parke Community Schools spend on teacher salaries?
    $3,362,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,309 per student. Divided by the 89 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $37,775 per teacher, more than 4 in 100 Indiana districts (state median $51,375). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Indiana teacher salary at $54,126 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Southwest Parke Community Schools do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Southwest Parke Community Schools scored proficient or above: 33% in math, against 41.3% in reading and 37.5% in math across Indiana. Indiana's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Southwest Parke Community Schools?
    85-89% of the 61 students in Southwest Parke Community Schools' class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across Indiana. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Southwest Parke Community Schools' NCES district ID?
    1810900. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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