An equity score of 71/100 ranks Thea Bowman Leadership Academy #52 of 372 districts in Indiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,755 per pupil, Thea Bowman Leadership Academy ranks #113 of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending (Indiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy operates 1 public schools serving 840 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 Lake County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,755 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 405 Indiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Indiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 1.2% local, 62.0% state, and 36.8% 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 71/100, ranked #52 of 372 in Indiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 386.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 49.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.8% African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy accounts for 92.0% of all Thea Bowman Leadership Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Thea Bowman Leadership Academy a distant remainder — means Thea Bowman Leadership Academy-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.
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy reports 70.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy student-counselor ratio is 387:1 — 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.
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 49.9% — 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 Thea Bowman Leadership Academy'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 Thea Bowman Leadership Academy?
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 840 students.
How much does Thea Bowman Leadership Academy spend per student?
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy spends $13,755 per student. The district has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #52 in Indiana.
What is the demographic composition of Thea Bowman Leadership Academy?
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy students are 92.8% African American, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Thea Bowman Leadership Academy?
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy has an equity score of 71/100, ranking #52 out of 372 districts in Indiana.