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Gary Community School Corporation

Gary, Indiana · Public school district · #61 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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4,383

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,972

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 23% above the Indiana median

15.5

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

Gary Community School Corporation is a public school district based in Gary, Indiana, serving 4,383 students in 11 schools. By enrollment it ranks #61 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 74% of them. Its schools average 398 students each, fewer than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $11,972 per student on day-to-day operations, 23% more than the Indiana median. It has roughly 15.5 students per teacher.

How Gary Community School Corporation compares

Gary Community School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,972

Indiana median $9,723 · 23% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,035

Indiana median $5,344 · 13% above · FY2020-21

Students per school398

Indiana median 498 · 20% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.5

Indiana median 15.0 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor877

Indiana median 443 · 98% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$83.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 18%State 48%Local 34%

Measure	Gary Community School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,972	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,035	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$64.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$83.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	282	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	680	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.5	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	877	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
Logansport Community School CorporationLogansport	4,488	9	$9,516	15.6	#59
Richmond Community SchoolsRichmond	4,436	9	$10,876	13.6	#60
Gary Community School CorporationGary · this district	4,383	11	$11,972	15.5	#61
Greenfield-Central Com SchoolsGreenfield	4,370	8	$9,401	15.2	#62
Mooresville Con School CorporationMooresville	4,318	7	$9,032	18.5	#63

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Meridian Public SchoolsMeridian, MS	4,385	$11,242	12.3
Pulaski County Public SchoolsPulaski, VA	4,385	$11,948	13.4
Bremerton School DistrictBremerton, WA	4,383	$17,678	15.7
Bennington Public SchoolsBennington, NE	4,381	$9,813	14.1

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.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-in-gary-community-school-corporation