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Discovery Charter School
A public school district in Porter, Indiana, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 536
- Students enrolled
- 34
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 38
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $9,794
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 536 in 2024–25
- Ranks 10,616th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 315th of 426 in Indiana. Larger than 40% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $9,794 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 3% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Discovery Charter School spent $8,971 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $5,550 in fiscal year 2011
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $8,971 | $4.9 million | 544 |
| FY2023 | $9,794 | $5.6 million | 569 |
| FY2022 | $8,521 | $4.4 million | 512 |
| FY2021 | $7,777 | $3.9 million | 498 |
| FY2020 | $6,660 | $3.6 million | 536 |
| FY2019 | $6,357 | $3.4 million | 535 |
| FY2018 | $6,070 | $3.2 million | 532 |
| FY2017 | $5,761 | $3.0 million | 518 |
| FY2016 | $5,557 | $2.8 million | 506 |
| FY2015 | $5,184 | $2.6 million | 511 |
| FY2014 | $5,203 | $2.6 million | 493 |
| FY2013 | $5,224 | $2.4 million | 455 |
| FY2012 | $5,590 | $2.1 million | 371 |
| FY2011 | $5,550 | $1.7 million | 309 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $978,000 | 14.1% |
| State | $5.5 million | 78.9% |
| Local | $485,000 | 7.0% |
| Total | $6.9 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Discovery Charter School | 536 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 1800088
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Indiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Indiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Indiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2011 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2011 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2011 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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