District profile / Indiana

South Gibson School Corporation

Fort Branch, Indiana · Public school district · #123 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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2,118

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,931

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Indiana median

16.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

South Gibson School Corporation is a public school district based in Fort Branch, Indiana, serving 2,118 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #123 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 48% of them. Its schools average 530 students each, about the same as the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $9,931 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 16.4 students per teacher.

How South Gibson School Corporation compares

South Gibson School CorporationIndiana median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$9,931

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

Instruction spending per student$5,339

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

Students per school530

Indiana median 498 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher16.4

Indiana median 15.0 · 9% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor2,118

Indiana median 443 · 378% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$27.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 7%State 52%Local 41%

Measure	South Gibson School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,931	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,339	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$25.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$27.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	129	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	288	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	16.4	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	2,118	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
Spencer-Owen Community SchoolsSpencer	2,156	6	$10,909	13.1	#120
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson UnitedTrafalgar	2,127	4	$8,579	15.5	#121
Lawrenceburg Community School CorporationLawrenceburg	2,122	4	$8,964	16.2	#122
South Gibson School CorporationFort Branch · this district	2,118	4	$9,931	16.4	#123
Twin Lakes School CorporationMonticello	2,102	5	$10,485	14.0	#124

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
RSU 22Hampden, ME	2,118	$15,009	13.1
SandwichEast Sandwich, MA	2,118	$22,540	11.3
Hermantown Community SchoolsHermantown, MN	2,118	$10,065	16.5
Pequannock Township School DistrictPompton Plains, NJ	2,118	$20,442	11.8

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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