District profile / Indiana

MSD Bluffton-Harrison

Bluffton, Indiana · Public school district · #144 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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1,813

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,422

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Indiana median

13.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

MSD Bluffton-Harrison is a public school district based in Bluffton, Indiana, serving 1,813 students in 3 schools. By enrollment it ranks #144 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 39% of them. Its schools average 604 students each, more than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $9,422 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.9 students per teacher.

How MSD Bluffton-Harrison compares

MSD Bluffton-HarrisonIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,422

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

Instruction spending per student$5,526

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

Students per school604

Indiana median 498 · 21% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.9

Indiana median 15.0 · 7% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor906

Indiana median 443 · 105% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 59%Local 32%

Measure	MSD Bluffton-Harrison	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,422	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,526	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$18.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	130	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	229	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.9	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	906	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
Northwestern School CorporationKokomo	1,847	4	$8,755	15.1	#140
North Montgomery Community School CorporationCrawfordsville	1,847	5	$10,236	14.0	#141
Peru Community SchoolsPeru	1,830	3	$9,221	16.5	#142
Greencastle Community School CorporationGreencastle	1,818	5	$10,551	14.3	#143
MSD Bluffton-HarrisonBluffton · this district	1,813	3	$9,422	13.9	#144

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
El DoradoEl Dorado, KS	1,815	$12,372	13.8
Hononegah CHD 207Rockton, IL	1,814	$17,899	16.5
West Salem School DistrictWest Salem, WI	1,814	$12,414	13.3
Cannon CountyWoodbury, TN	1,813	$9,347	n/a

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-msd-bluffton-harrison