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Bluffton High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1 Tiger Trl
Bluffton, IN 46714
Phone
(260) 824-3724
District
MSD BLUFFTON-HARRISON
County
WELLS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
471
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Indiana

No Data

(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all IN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Bluffton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
40%
No Data
43%
No Data
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
14
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 110 23.4%
Grade 10 129 27.4%
Grade 11 117 24.8%
Grade 12 115 24.4%
Total 471 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.3% 89.0% 68.5%
Black 1.9% 2.9% 13.9%
Hispanic 6.3% 7.2% 14.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.1% 0.6% 3.0%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 36.3% 39.8% 44.1%
Free lunch eligible 29.1% 33.0% 38.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 7.2% 6.8% 5.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,784 6,833,037
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 182.0 189
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.9% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.2% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.8% 25.1%
65 OR OLDER 13.3% 16.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 3,340 2,653,596
Single Parent Households With Children 9.7% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.9% 90.0%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.9% 28.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.2% 13.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 15.4% 14.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 27.2% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.5% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.5% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 9.6% 8.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,208 $10,255,616 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $162 $267,624 1.4%
Staff $380 $627,760 3.2%
General Administration $368 $607,936 3.1%
School Administration $804 $1,328,208 6.8%
Operation $1,082 $1,787,464 9.1%
Transportation $363 $599,676 3.1%
Other $277 $457,604 2.3%
Total Support $3,435 $5,674,620 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,234 $3,690,568 18.8%
Total Expenditures $11,877 $19,620,804 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,123 $6,347,040,080 45.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $591 $612,609,704 4.4%
Staff $485 $502,506,672 3.6%
General Administration $212 $220,137,486 1.6%
School Administration $723 $749,401,736 5.4%
Operation $1,201 $1,245,441,314 9.0%
Transportation $625 $648,238,953 4.7%
Other $362 $374,825,865 2.7%
Total Support $4,199 $4,353,144,682 31.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,087 $3,200,552,293 23.0%
Total Expenditures $13,410 $13,900,756,372 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%