Results from the student count used to determine grant funding in Indiana schools for the 2018-19 school year have been released.
Funding is based in part on Average Daily Membership (ADM) counts. The fall student count took place Sept. 15, according to an Indiana Department of Education news release issued Wednesday afternoon.
The ADM for local schools is: Wawasee Community School Corp., 2,956.01; Warsaw Community Schools, 6,908.46; Tippecanoe Valley School Corp., 1,784.21; Whitko Community School Corp., 1,321; Triton School Corp., 923.13; and Manchester Community Schools, 1,571.13.
ADMs for some nearby school corporations are: Wa-Nee Community Schools, 3,062.8; Elkhart Community Schools, 12,203.52; Goshen Community Schools, 6,530; Rochester Community School Corp., 1,703.50; Argos Community Schools, 613.65; Bremen Public Schools, 1,492.28; and Plymouth Community School Corp., 3,469.45;
As a comparison, school corporations with larger numbers include Fort Wayne Community Schools at 28,537.2; Hamilton Southeastern Schools, 21,484.62; Indianapolis Public Schools, 30,707; South Bend Community School Corp., 16,590.40; and Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp., 22,017.07.
A few districts with smaller ADMs are Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp. with 903; Attica Consolidated School Corp., 603; White River Valley School District, 768; Blue River Valley Schools, 654; Medora Community School Corp., 152; Hope Academy, 27; and Smith Academy for Excellence, 87.