Salem Community Schools 鈥� Washington County, IN

Key statistics

1,592

Students enrolled

3

Public schools

130

Classroom teachers (FTE)

12.2:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 8
Kindergarten 112
Grade 1 112
Grade 2 125
Grade 3 131
Grade 4 122
Grade 5 138
Grade 6 123
Grade 7 121
Grade 8 108
Grade 9 137
Grade 10 137
Grade 11 113
Grade 12 103
Ungraded 2

By race/ethnicity

White 92%
Hispanic/Latino 3%
Two or more races 3%
Asian <1%
Black or African American <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

51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 819 of 1,592 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 45%
Reduced-price lunch 7%

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

$12,779 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,995
Support services $5,057
Other (food service, etc.) $727

Where the money comes from

Local 25%
State 61%
Federal 14%

Total revenue $25.8 milliontotal spending $25.4 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)

Rural: FringeStudents: 69% rural, 31% town

Total staff (FTE)

304

District office

500 N Harrison St, Salem IN 47167

Phone

(812) 883-4437

County

Washington County

Official website

NCES District ID

1809810

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About Salem Community Schools

Description provided by the district or community 鈥� not part of the NCES dataset.

Students of Salem Community Schools鈥� have outstanding opportunities to pursue academics and develop skills for success in a safe and caring environment.聽聽 SCS works to provide its students a better way to learn, to prepare for a career, to make friends, and to achieve the high expectations our community holds for K-12 education.聽The district has enjoyed the stability of moderate growth over the years and maintained a solid financial history.聽Indications of the community鈥檚 strong support of education for its youth are evident in its 21st Century facilities, state-of-the-art technology, and numerous partnerships with parents and community groups. Covering approximately 225 square miles in Washington County, SCS includes the townships of Gibson, Jefferson, Monroe and Washington. The schools are located in Salem, the county seat located just west of Interstate 65 in Southern Indiana. Approximately 2,200 students attend Salem High School, Salem Middle School, Bradie Shrum Upper Elementary or Bradie Shrum Lower Elementary.聽All four schools are located on the nearly 100-acre SCS campus on the north west edge of Salem, along with an administrative offices, alternative school, maintenance buildings and athletic facilities.

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