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Western Wayne Schools

Pershing, Indiana · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

739
Students enrolled
2
Public schools
57
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 74
  • Kindergarten 56
  • Grade 1 39
  • Grade 2 59
  • Grade 3 56
  • Grade 4 51
  • Grade 5 51
  • Grade 6 47
  • Grade 7 41
  • Grade 8 55
  • Grade 9 42
  • Grade 10 56
  • Grade 11 43
  • Grade 12 67
  • Ungraded 2

By race/ethnicity

  • White 91%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <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

57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 421 of 739 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 51%
  • 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

$14,278 spent per student on day-to-day operations Indiana median: $12,990 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,428
  • Support services $6,992
  • Other (food service, etc.) $859

Where the money comes from

  • Local 29%
  • State 56%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $12.6 milliontotal spending $12.0 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)

114

District office

519 Queen St, Pershing IN 47370

County

Wayne County

Official website

NCES District ID

1813050

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About Western Wayne Schools

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

We believe that all students deserve: a proper and suitable public education by adults who offer fair opportunities for all students to be successful. We feel students deserve dedicated teachers who are excellent role models and provide a caring and safe environment. We believe all students deserve an atmosphere where learning is encouraged and expected. We believe all students deserve to be treated with respect in a harassment free setting. We believe students deserve to be empowered to develop goals through broad exposure to careers and future life choices. We believe all students deserve to feel a sense of support from a variety of sources.
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