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Bartholomew Con School Corporation

Columbus, Indiana · Public school district · #13 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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11,657

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,902

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Indiana median

16.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

Bartholomew Con School Corporation is a public school district based in Columbus, Indiana, serving 11,657 students in 17 schools. By enrollment it ranks #13 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 95% of them. Its schools average 686 students each, more than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $9,902 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.1 students per teacher.

How Bartholomew Con School Corporation compares

Bartholomew Con School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,902

Indiana median $9,723 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,433

Indiana median $5,344 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school686

Indiana median 498 · 38% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.1

Indiana median 15.0 · 7% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor11,657

Indiana median 443 · 2531% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$156.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 51%Local 39%

Measure	Bartholomew Con School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,902	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,433	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$144.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$156.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	726	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,792	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.1	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	11,657	443	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Indiana median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Indiana

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
MSD Warren TownshipIndianapolis	11,915	16	$11,033	15.9	#12
Bartholomew Con School CorporationColumbus · this district	11,657	17	$9,902	16.1	#13
Franklin Township Community School CorporationIndianapolis	11,413	11	$8,623	18.5	#14
MSD Washington TownshipIndianapolis	11,391	14	$12,057	16.3	#15
New Albany-Floyd Co Con SchNew Albany	11,362	16	$9,723	16.0	#16

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Burke County SchoolsMorganton, NC	11,667	$10,046	16.8
Elkhorn Public SchoolsElkhorn, NE	11,653	$10,473	14.5
Paramount UnifiedParamount, CA	11,648	$15,272	19.3
CUSD 200Wheaton, IL	11,639	$17,321	13.3

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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