Indiana · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Indiana The 50 Indiana districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$27,618 Top per-pupil spend
$14,943 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Dekalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist spends $27,618 per student, the most of any Indiana district listed, against an average of $14,943 across the top 50.
$27,618 top spend (Dekalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist)
$13,247 lowest on this list
2.1× spread across the listed districts
1,235 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Dekalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist Butler 1,235 5 $27,618 2 Gary Community School Corp Gary 4,076 11 $19,820 3 Indianapolis Public Schools Indianapolis 22,027 57 $19,511 4 West Central School Corp Francesville 639 3 $18,835 5 South Bend Community School Corp South Bend 15,444 31 $16,803 6 Andrew J Brown Academy Indianapolis 604 1 $16,503 7 Michigan City Area Schools Michigan City 5,193 13 $16,466 8 Phalen Leadership Academy at Francis Scott Key School 103 Indianapolis 538 1 $16,189 9 Kipp Indy Unite Elementary Indianapolis 695 1 $15,939 10 School City of East Chicago East Chicago 3,348 7 $15,910 11 Aspire Charter Academy Gary 666 1 $15,483 12 Marion Community Schools Marion 3,702 9 $15,017 13 Tri-County School Corporation Wolcott 765 3 $14,997 14 Gary Lighthouse Charter School Gary 1,127 1 $14,966 15 Christel House Academy South Indianapolis 785 2 $14,863 16 Benton Community School Corp Fowler 1,609 3 $14,837 17 Culver Community Schools Corp Culver 840 2 $14,739 18 Msd Washington Township Indianapolis 10,512 14 $14,632 19 Lake Ridge New Tech Schools Gary 1,619 3 $14,603 20 Fremont Community Schools Fremont 985 3 $14,575 21 21st Century Charter Sch of Gary Indianapolis 1,337 1 $14,564 22 Mitchell Community Schools Mitchell 1,499 4 $14,556 23 Brown County School Corporation Nashville 1,653 5 $14,395 24 Msd Mount Vernon Mount Vernon 2,101 5 $14,371 25 Anderson Community School Corp Anderson 6,196 11 $14,345 26 Whitko Community School Corp Larwill 1,216 4 $14,302 27 School City of Hammond Hammond 11,505 17 $14,212 28 Rochester Community School Corp Rochester 1,613 4 $14,191 29 Lafayette School Corporation Lafayette 7,368 12 $14,175 30 Rensselaer Central School Corp Rensselaer 1,521 4 $14,155 31 North Adams Community Schools Decatur 1,610 3 $13,918 32 Northeast Dubois Co Sch Corp Dubois 834 3 $13,862 33 Scott County School District 2 Scottsburg 2,625 6 $13,773 34 Msd Wayne Township Indianapolis 16,086 19 $13,757 35 School Town of Speedway Speedway 1,864 6 $13,743 36 Msd Warren Township Indianapolis 11,824 16 $13,727 37 The Path School Indianapolis 556 1 $13,699 38 Global Preparatory Academy Indianapolis 780 1 $13,672 39 South Adams Schools Berne 1,291 3 $13,643 40 Elkhart Community Schools Elkhart 11,318 20 $13,618 41 Kokomo School Corporation Kokomo 5,238 12 $13,603 42 Pike County School Corp Petersburg 1,574 4 $13,549 43 Wawasee Community School Corp Syracuse 2,838 5 $13,476 44 Crawford County Community Sch Corp Marengo 1,344 6 $13,443 45 Matchbook Learning Indianapolis 641 1 $13,421 46 Beech Grove City Schools Beech Grove 2,843 5 $13,369 47 South Ripley Com Sch Corp Versailles 1,075 3 $13,356 48 New Castle Community School Corp New Castle 2,939 9 $13,350 49 West Washington School Corp Campbellsburg 934 2 $13,329 50 Fort Wayne Community Schools Fort Wayne 28,612 50 $13,247
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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— how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.