District profile / Indiana

C A Beard Memorial School Corporation

Knightstown, Indiana · Public school district · #227 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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1,077

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,365

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Indiana median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

C A Beard Memorial School Corporation is a public school district based in Knightstown, Indiana, serving 1,077 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #227 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 3% of them. Its schools average 359 students each, fewer than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $9,365 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How C A Beard Memorial School Corporation compares

C A Beard Memorial School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,365

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

Instruction spending per student$4,582

Indiana median $5,344 · 14% below · FY2020-21

Students per school359

Indiana median 498 · 28% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Indiana median 15.0 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor538

Indiana median 443 · 21% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$12.7 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 59%Local 39%

Measure	C A Beard Memorial School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,365	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$4,582	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$13.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$12.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	75	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	140	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	538	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
Central Noble Com School CorporationAlbion	1,095	3	$9,683	14.0	#223
School City of WhitingWhiting	1,091	3	$8,825	17.0	#225
North Daviess Com SchoolsElnora	1,085	2	$9,576	13.2	#226
C A Beard Memorial School CorporationKnightstown · this district	1,077	3	$9,365	14.4	#227
South Spencer County School CorporationRockport	1,065	4	$9,724	11.5	#228

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Manila School DistrictManila, AR	1,077	$10,192	14.0
PCM Community School DistrictMonroe, IA	1,077	$10,932	13.8
Southeast Valley Community School DistrictGowrie, IA	1,077	$11,201	13.0
Okmulgee Public SchoolsOkmulgee, OK	1,077	$12,201	17.9

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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