Indiana school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 291 regular districts, 291 report 2024–25 enrollment and 290 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

Explore and re-rank regular Indiana districts

Search by district or city, then switch between enrollment, spending, instructional investment, and student–teacher ratio. Missing records are excluded only from the selected measure.

District or city

Comparison measure

Showing 1–25 of 291 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

Scroll horizontally to see every column.

Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Fort Wayne Community Schools	Fort Wayne	51	28,549
2	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp	Evansville	38	21,589
3	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	Fishers	22	21,062
4	Indianapolis Public Schools	Indianapolis	50	21,055
5	MSD Lawrence Township	Indianapolis	17	16,747
6	Perry Township Schools	Indianapolis	21	16,243
7	MSD Wayne Township	Indianapolis	18	16,146
8	Carmel Clay Schools	Carmel	15	16,145
9	Tippecanoe School Corp	Lafayette	21	13,663
10	South Bend Community School Corp	South Bend	31	13,580
11	Vigo County School Corp	Terre Haute	26	13,277
12	MSD Warren Township	Indianapolis	16	11,915
13	Bartholomew Con School Corp	Columbus	18	11,657
14	Franklin Township Com Sch Corp	Indianapolis	11	11,413
15	MSD Washington Township	Indianapolis	14	11,391
16	New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch	New Albany	16	11,362
17	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	Mishawaka	15	11,329
18	Avon Community School Corp	Avon	13	10,742
19	Elkhart Community Schools	Elkhart	19	10,714
20	MSD Pike Township	Indianapolis	13	10,674
21	Greater Clark County Schools	Jeffersonville	14	10,645
22	Noblesville Schools	Noblesville	10	10,525
23	School City of Hammond	Hammond	15	10,507
24	Brownsburg Community School Corp	Brownsburg	12	10,503
25	Monroe County Community Sch Corp	Bloomington	24	10,480

The first 25 reported enrollment records are shown. JavaScript enables filtering and additional pages. Browse the complete state directory.

Largest school districts in Indiana

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Fort Wayne Community Schools 51 schools	Fort Wayne	28,549
2	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp 38 schools	Evansville	21,589
3	Hamilton Southeastern Schools 22 schools	Fishers	21,062
4	Indianapolis Public Schools 50 schools	Indianapolis	21,055
5	MSD Lawrence Township 17 schools	Indianapolis	16,747
6	Perry Township Schools 21 schools	Indianapolis	16,243
7	MSD Wayne Township 18 schools	Indianapolis	16,146
8	Carmel Clay Schools 15 schools	Carmel	16,145
9	Tippecanoe School Corp 21 schools	Lafayette	13,663
10	South Bend Community School Corp 31 schools	South Bend	13,580
11	Vigo County School Corp 26 schools	Terre Haute	13,277
12	MSD Warren Township 16 schools	Indianapolis	11,915
13	Bartholomew Con School Corp 18 schools	Columbus	11,657
14	Franklin Township Com Sch Corp 11 schools	Indianapolis	11,413
15	MSD Washington Township 14 schools	Indianapolis	11,391
16	New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch 16 schools	New Albany	11,362
17	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp 15 schools	Mishawaka	11,329
18	Avon Community School Corp 13 schools	Avon	10,742
19	Elkhart Community Schools 19 schools	Elkhart	10,714
20	MSD Pike Township 13 schools	Indianapolis	10,674
21	Greater Clark County Schools 14 schools	Jeffersonville	10,645
22	Noblesville Schools 10 schools	Noblesville	10,525
23	School City of Hammond 15 schools	Hammond	10,507
24	Brownsburg Community School Corp 12 schools	Brownsburg	10,503
25	Monroe County Community Sch Corp 24 schools	Bloomington	10,480

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Indiana

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	DeKalb Co Eastern Com Sch Dist 1,241 students	Butler	$29,355
2	Gary Community School Corp 4,383 students	Gary	$27,740
3	Indianapolis Public Schools 21,055 students	Indianapolis	$23,197
4	West Central School Corp 627 students	Francesville	$18,214
5	Culver Community Schools Corp 777 students	Culver	$17,760
6	South Bend Community School Corp 13,580 students	South Bend	$17,587
7	Mitchell Community Schools 1,476 students	Mitchell	$17,065
8	School City of East Chicago 3,225 students	East Chicago	$16,716
9	MSD Washington Township 11,391 students	Indianapolis	$16,546
10	Michigan City Area Schools 5,030 students	Michigan City	$16,106
11	Hamilton Community Schools 375 students	Hamilton	$16,031
12	Oregon-Davis School Corp 527 students	Hamlet	$15,708
13	Lafayette School Corporation 7,090 students	Lafayette	$15,504
14	Tri-County School Corporation 791 students	Wolcott	$15,322
15	Anderson Community School Corp 6,181 students	Anderson	$15,276
16	MSD Pike Township 10,674 students	Indianapolis	$15,174
17	Elkhart Community Schools 10,714 students	Elkhart	$15,145
18	Muncie Community Schools 5,126 students	Muncie	$15,112
19	Eminence Community School Corp 259 students	Eminence	$15,092
20	Benton Community School Corp 1,601 students	Fowler	$14,961
21	School City of Hammond 10,507 students	Hammond	$14,879
22	New Castle Community School Corp 2,881 students	New Castle	$14,783
23	MSD Mount Vernon 1,999 students	Mount Vernon	$14,708
24	North Gibson School Corporation 1,864 students	Princeton	$14,708
25	Rochester Community School Corp 1,593 students	Rochester	$14,675

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Indiana high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Carmel High School 09–12 · 37 AP courses	Carmel Clay Schools	3 of 3
2	Fishers High School 09–12 · 32 AP courses	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	3 of 3
3	Westfield High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses	Westfield-Washington Schools	3 of 3
4	North Central High School 09–12 · 29 AP courses	MSD Washington Township	3 of 3
5	Noblesville High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Noblesville Schools	3 of 3
6	Avon High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses	Avon Community School Corp	3 of 3
7	Valparaiso High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses	Valparaiso Community Schools	3 of 3
8	New Albany Senior High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses	New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch	3 of 3
9	Hamilton Southeastern HS 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Hamilton Southeastern Schools	3 of 3
10	Lawrence North High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses	MSD Lawrence Township	3 of 3
11	Lawrence Central High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses	MSD Lawrence Township	3 of 3
12	Penn High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp	3 of 3
13	Columbus North High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Bartholomew Con School Corp	3 of 3
14	Mississinewa High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Mississinewa Community School Corp	3 of 3
15	Brownsburg High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Brownsburg Community School Corp	3 of 3
16	Zionsville Community High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Zionsville Community Schools	3 of 3
17	Center Grove High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Center Grove Community School Corp	3 of 3
18	Whiteland Community High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Clark-Pleasant Community Sch Corp	3 of 3
19	Wawasee High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Wawasee Community School Corp	3 of 3
20	Crown Point High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Crown Point Community School Corp	3 of 3
21	Southport High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Perry Township Schools	3 of 3
22	Francis Joseph Reitz High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp	3 of 3
23	Bloomfield High School 09–12 · 21 AP courses	Bloomfield School District	3 of 3
24	Franklin Central High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses	Franklin Township Com Sch Corp	3 of 3
25	Perry Meridian High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses	Perry Township Schools	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.