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District profile / Indiana

Hanover Community School Corporation

Cedar Lake, Indiana · Public school district · #95 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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2,831
Students
2024-25 school year
5
Schools
2024-25 school year
$8,875
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 9% below the Indiana median
17.4
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

Hanover Community School Corporation is a public school district based in Cedar Lake, Indiana, serving 2,831 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #95 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 60% of them. Its schools average 566 students each, more than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $8,875 per student on day-to-day operations, 9% less than the Indiana median. It has roughly 17.4 students per teacher.

How Hanover Community School Corporation compares

Hanover Community School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$8,875
Indiana median $9,723 · 9% below · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$5,042
Indiana median $5,344 · 6% below · FY2020-21
Students per school566
Indiana median 498 · 14% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher17.4
Indiana median 15.0 · 16% above · 2024-25
Students per counselor944
Indiana median 443 · 113% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$33.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 3%State 50%Local 46%
MeasureHanover Community School CorporationIndiana medianYear
Current spending per student$8,875$9,723FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$5,042$5,344FY2020-21
Total spending$29.9 millionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$33.6 millionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)163n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)378n/a2024-25
Students per teacher17.415.02024-25
Students per counselor9444432024-25

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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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Wa-Nee Community SchoolsNappanee2,8485$9,93014.5#94
Hanover Community School CorporationCedar Lake · this district2,8315$8,87517.4#95
New Prairie United School CorporationNew Carlisle2,8155$8,72018.2#96
Danville Community School CorporationDanville2,7954$9,46518.1#97
Yorktown Community SchoolsYorktown2,7934$9,05217.1#98

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Loomis Union ElementaryLoomis, CA2,831$9,69722.1
Ben Hill CountyFitzgerald, GA2,831$12,64113.8
Snowflake Unified District (4391)Snowflake, AZ2,830$8,06022.5
South Orangetown Central School DistrictBlauvelt, NY2,830$31,04410.6

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.