District profile / Indiana

Wawasee Community School Corporation

Syracuse, Indiana · Public school district · #105 of 235 Indiana districts by enrollment

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2,638

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$9,951

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Indiana median

15.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Indiana median 15.0

Wawasee Community School Corporation is a public school district based in Syracuse, Indiana, serving 2,638 students in 5 schools. By enrollment it ranks #105 of the 235 Indiana districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 56% of them. Its schools average 528 students each, about the same as the Indiana median of 498. It spends about $9,951 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 15.0 students per teacher.

How Wawasee Community School Corporation compares

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

Spending per student$9,951

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

Instruction spending per student$6,058

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

Students per school528

Indiana median 498 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher15.0

Indiana median 15.0 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor330

Indiana median 443 · 26% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$43.2 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 5%State 46%Local 50%

Measure	Wawasee Community School Corporation	Indiana median	Year
Current spending per student	$9,951	$9,723	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,058	$5,344	FY2020-21
Total spending	$38.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$43.2 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	176	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	383	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	15.0	15.0	2024-25
Students per counselor	330	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
Vincennes Community School CorporationVincennes	2,708	8	$9,898	14.3	#102
Madison Consolidated SchoolsMadison	2,651	6	$10,256	15.6	#103
Washington Community SchoolsWashington	2,639	6	$8,723	15.1	#104
Wawasee Community School CorporationSyracuse · this district	2,638	5	$9,951	15.0	#105
Delaware Community School CorporationMuncie	2,581	6	$9,177	14.5	#106

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
East Moline School District 37East Moline, IL	2,641	$18,059	13.6
Humphreys CountyWaverly, TN	2,641	$9,443	n/a
Lenoir CityLenoir City, TN	2,638	$9,244	n/a
Carthage ISDCarthage, TX	2,637	$11,661	14.6

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.

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