Highest Spending Districts in Indiana Per-pupil expenditure ranking. Districts with 500+ enrollment. Data from NCES F-33 Finance Survey.
$31,789
Top Spender
DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist
# District Per-Pupil $ Enrollment Schools 1. DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist Butler $31,789 1,235 5 2. IN Math & Science Academy - North Indianapolis $28,076 631 1 3. Indianapolis Public Schools Indianapolis $26,790 22,027 57 4. Christel House Academy South Indianapolis $23,458 785 2 5. Gary Community School Corp Gary $22,286 4,076 11 6. West Central School Corp Francesville $22,096 639 3 7. Paramount Brookside Indianapolis $21,961 803 1 8. Milan Community Schools Milan $20,441 1,042 4 9. North West Hendricks Schools Lizton $20,422 1,966 5 10. Marion Community Schools Marion $19,989 3,702 9 11. Seven Oaks Classical School Bloomington $19,749 512 1 12. MSD Washington Township Indianapolis $19,331 10,512 14 13. South Bend Community School Corp South Bend $19,238 15,444 31 14. Tri-County School Corporation Wolcott $19,039 765 3 15. Michigan City Area Schools Michigan City $18,925 5,193 13 16. Culver Community Schools Corp Culver $18,854 840 2 17. MSD Warren Township Indianapolis $18,845 11,824 16 18. 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary Indianapolis $18,684 1,337 1 19. Fremont Community Schools Fremont $18,530 985 3 20. MSD Wayne Township Indianapolis $18,276 16,086 19 21. Mitchell Community Schools Mitchell $18,080 1,499 4 22. North Adams Community Schools Decatur $17,834 1,610 3 23. Center Grove Community School Corp Greenwood $17,741 9,537 9 24. Whitko Community School Corp Larwill $17,478 1,216 4 25. Benton Community School Corp Fowler $17,353 1,609 3 26. North Vermillion Com Sch Corp Cayuga $17,239 673 2 27. Monroe County Community Sch Corp Bloomington $17,163 10,510 24 28. Wawasee Community School Corp Syracuse $17,082 2,838 5 29. South Adams Schools Berne $16,936 1,291 3 30. Sheridan Community Schools Sheridan $16,928 1,080 3 31. Anderson Community School Corp Anderson $16,906 6,196 11 32. Madison Consolidated Schools Madison $16,868 2,705 6 33. Northeast Dubois Co Sch Corp Dubois $16,809 834 3 34. Central Noble Com School Corp Albion $16,732 1,150 3 35. Rensselaer Central School Corp Rensselaer $16,657 1,521 4 36. South Ripley Com Sch Corp Versailles $16,654 1,075 3 37. Brown County School Corporation Nashville $16,632 1,653 5 38. Lawrenceburg Community School Corp Lawrenceburg $16,589 2,120 4 39. New Castle Community School Corp New Castle $16,583 2,939 9 40. North Gibson School Corporation Princeton $16,576 1,900 4 41. Andrew J Brown Academy Indianapolis $16,503 604 1 42. South Vermillion Com Sch Corp Clinton $16,492 1,594 5 43. School City of East Chicago East Chicago $16,489 3,348 7 44. Zionsville Community Schools Zionsville $16,453 7,906 9 45. Carmel Clay Schools Carmel $16,428 16,072 15 46. Blue River Valley Schools New Castle $16,357 642 2 47. School City of Hammond Hammond $16,325 11,505 17 48. Crawford County Community Sch Corp Marengo $16,322 1,344 6 49. KIPP Indy Unite Elementary Indianapolis $16,300 695 1 50. West Lafayette Com School Corp West Lafayette $16,280 2,420 3
Methodology Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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