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Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

Mishawaka, Indiana · Public school district · #17 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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11,329

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$8,919

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 8% below the Indiana median

18.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation is a public school district based in Mishawaka, Indiana, serving 11,329 students in 15 schools. By enrollment it ranks #17 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 93% of them. Its schools average 755 students each, more than the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $8,919 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% less than the Indiana median. It has roughly 18.4 students per teacher.

How Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation compares

Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$8,919

Indiana median $9,723 · 8% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$5,118

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

Students per school755

Indiana median 498 · 52% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher18.4

Indiana median 15.0 · 23% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor472

Indiana median 443 · 7% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$117.5 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 66%Local 29%

Measure	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$8,919	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,118	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$124.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$117.5 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	615	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	1,278	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	18.4	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	472	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
Bartholomew Con School CorporationColumbus	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
Penn-Harris-Madison School CorporationMishawaka · this district	11,329	15	$8,919	18.4	#17

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City SchoolsChapel Hill, NC	11,353	$14,165	12.7
Bellingham School DistrictBellingham, WA	11,337	$15,475	17.4
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka, MN	11,323	$13,584	15.7
Palatine CCSD 15Palatine, IL	11,321	$16,859	13.5

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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