Elkhart Community Schools 鈥� Elkhart County, IN

Key statistics

10,714

Students enrolled

19

Public schools

767

Classroom teachers (FTE)

14.0:1

Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

Pre-K 156
Kindergarten 775
Grade 1 875
Grade 2 793
Grade 3 865
Grade 4 810
Grade 5 828
Grade 6 764
Grade 7 779
Grade 8 773
Grade 9 778
Grade 10 830
Grade 11 849
Grade 12 815
Ungraded 24

By race/ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino 42%
White 35%
Black or African American 14%
Two or more races 8%
Asian 1%
American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,715 of 10,435 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 49%
Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,724 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $8,544
Support services $6,215
Other (food service, etc.) $965

Where the money comes from

Local 28%
State 55%
Federal 18%

Total revenue $199.6 milliontotal spending $202.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 83% city, 12% suburb, 4% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,600

District office

2720 California Rd, Elkhart IN 46514

Phone

(574) 262-5526

County

Elkhart County

Official website

NCES District ID

1803270

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About Elkhart Community Schools

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Elkhart Community Schools: The Only Choice You Need Elkhart Community Schools has everything students need to obtain an excellent education, from highly qualified teachers and a rigorous academic curriculum to initiatives such as the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program and Positive Behavior Supports that focus on teaching important life skills. We鈥檙e so proud of our educational menu here; we鈥檝e opened up our doors to all area students, with no transfer fees required. Many students living outside our district boundaries have enrolled in ECS to take advantage of our expansive high ability and honors programs, state recognized fine arts programs, robotics training at ALL schools, extra-curricular opportunities such as athletics, academic enrichment clubs, and 21st Century Learning Centers, and advances in educational technology that make ECS second to none.

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