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Southern Wells Community Schools
A public school district in Poneto, Indiana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 880
- Students enrolled
- 58
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 122.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,929
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 880 in 2024–25
- Ranks 8,077th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 262nd of 426 in Indiana. Larger than 54% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,929 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 9% 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
Southern Wells Community Schools spent $11,699 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $7,593 in fiscal year 2005
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: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $11,699 | $10.3 million | 883 |
| FY2023 | $10,929 | $9.7 million | 889 |
| FY2022 | $12,277 | $10.4 million | 845 |
| FY2021 | $12,035 | $10.0 million | 830 |
| FY2020 | $10,984 | $9.5 million | 868 |
| FY2019 | $10,324 | $8.9 million | 862 |
| FY2018 | $9,748 | $8.5 million | 877 |
| FY2017 | $11,961 | $7.9 million | 664 |
| FY2016 | $11,029 | $7.6 million | 690 |
| FY2015 | $10,846 | $7.4 million | 683 |
| FY2014 | $8,556 | $7.3 million | 854 |
| FY2013 | $8,039 | $6.9 million | 864 |
| FY2012 | $7,872 | $6.6 million | 838 |
| FY2011 | $7,269 | $6.1 million | 835 |
| FY2010 | $8,083 | $6.3 million | 784 |
| FY2009 | $8,389 | $6.6 million | 789 |
| FY2008 | $7,985 | $6.3 million | 784 |
| FY2007 | $7,984 | $6.4 million | 803 |
| FY2006 | $7,775 | $6.4 million | 821 |
| FY2005 | $7,593 | $6.3 million | 826 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.0 million | 9.0% |
| State | $6.4 million | 56.7% |
| Local | $3.9 million | 34.4% |
| Total | $11.4 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Southern Wells Elementary School | 496 |
| Southern Wells Jr-Sr High School | 384 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- Southern Wells Com Schools
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1810770
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 2005 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 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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