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St Leon, Indiana - 5 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp #296 of 373 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,623 per pupil, Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp ranks #204 of 406 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,825
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,623
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp operates 5 public schools serving 3,825 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Indiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Dearborn County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,623 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 33.1% local, 57.8% state, and 9.1% 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 33/100, ranked #296 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 404.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.2% White, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sunman Elementary School, with a diversity index of 10.5/100.
Its largest campus is East Central High School, enrolling 1,225 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sunman Elementary School, at 327 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
East Central High School accounts for 32.0% of all Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp school enrollment ranges from 327 students (lowest) to 1,225 students (highest), a spread of 898 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.
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp student-counselor ratio is 404:1 — 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.
Sunman-Dearborn Com Sch Corp chronic absenteeism rate is 10.4% — 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.