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South Putnam Community Schools

Greencastle, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,105
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
83
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.3:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 39
  • Kindergarten 82
  • Grade 1 72
  • Grade 2 72
  • Grade 3 77
  • Grade 4 60
  • Grade 5 81
  • Grade 6 88
  • Grade 7 87
  • Grade 8 93
  • Grade 9 82
  • Grade 10 87
  • Grade 11 89
  • Grade 12 96

By race/ethnicity

  • White 94%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Asian <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

46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 506 of 1,105 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 40%
  • 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

$12,858 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,944
  • Support services $5,304
  • Other (food service, etc.) $610

Where the money comes from

  • Local 37%
  • State 55%
  • Federal 8%

Total revenue $19.3 milliontotal spending $19.3 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: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

176

District office

3999 S US Hwy 231, Greencastle IN 46135

County

Putnam County

Official website

NCES District ID

1810500

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About South Putnam Community Schools

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

Our school corporation, located in south-central Putnam County, is a rural area with only a few small businesses and industries. The corporation covers an area of 163 square miles and is crossed by Interstate 70 and US Highway 40 to the east and west, and US Highway 231 to the north and south. South Putnam has approximately 1,250 students in Kindergarten through grade 12 divided among four buildings including South Putnam Junior-Senior High School, Central Elementary School covering Jefferson township, Fillmore Elementary School in Marion township, and Reelsville Elementary School with students from Warren and Washington townships. 203 full and part-time staff members consisting of 92 certified and 111 non-certified personnel are employed in the schools. Our certified staff are highly trained and experienced with 61% holding masters degrees or higher, and an average experience level of 18 years.
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