WHAT’S THE PLAN?

South Bend School District

Costing Taxpayers More Giving Students Less

  • What is South Bend's Plan for improving academic performance?
  • What is South Bend's Plan for improving financial management?
  • What is South Bend's Plan for all its empty buildings?

Vote NO on South Bend’s request for additional funding.

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Stacking Our Taxdollars & Coming Up Short

Comparison of the 2019 Grade 10 Test Scores for English, Math, and Biology

All Students

African American Students

Hispanic Students

ELA

Math

Biology

ELA

Math

Biology

ELA

Math

Biology

Diocese of Fort Wayne - SB

82.4

48.3

49.8

51.4

20.0

20.5

70.6

25.2

31.5

Penn Harris Madison

82.9

62.4

58.6

62.9

27.0

25.0

91.3

56.5

39.5

Career Academy High School

57.6

40.0

66.0

41.2

17.6

50.0

*

*

*

John Glenn School Corp

73.3

50.3

43.7

*

*

75.0

50.0

39.5

School City Mishawaka

52.0

26.9

37.1

24.0

12.0

20.7

48.1

25.9

38.7

SB Community School Corp

48.0

21.1

20.2

29.5

7.8

7.9

38.7

9.9

11.2

*Groups of fewer than ten students are not reported by IDOE.

FUNDING COMPARISON OF SOUTH BEND AND OTHER ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS

 
 
 
 

SCHOOL DISTRICT

FUNDING PER STUDENT
FOR 2019-2020 FROM

South Bend

$9,653.38

PHM

7,928.22

Mishawaka

8,545.81*

Career Academy High School

6,828.56

Career Academy Middle School

7,139.63

Success Academy Elem. School

7,688.83

*Includes Mishawaka Referendum funding

Too Many Buildings And Steadily Declining Enrollment?
Those are the facts. What does SBCSC say?

They say:
(1) they will spend $54 million fixing all the buildings, and
(2) the enrollment decline will be reversed because they’ll have the best schools.
That is:
(1) wasting money;
(2) ignoring reality.

BE REAL

South Bend schools consistently receive much more funding per student than other nearby more successful school districts.

Funding Analysis For The Relevant School Districts In St. Joseph County For The 2019 – 2020 School Year

SCHOOL DISTRICT

ENROLLMENT

FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH %

ADM GRANT PER STUDENT PER YEAR (COMPLEXITY INCLUDED)

STATE CHARTER SCHOOL GRANT PER STUDENT PER YEAR

COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RECEIVED BY SCHOOL DISTRICT

COUNTY TAX FUNDS PER STUDENT PER YEAR

TOTAL FUNDING PER STUDENT PER YEAR FROM STATE AND COUNTY TAXES

South Bend

16,725

68.8%

$6,718.44

0.00

$49,086,816.37

$2,934.94

$9,653.38

PHM

11,373

26.5%

5,675.46

0.00

25,620,635.94

$2,252.76

7,928.22

Mishawaka

5,329

65.0%

6,387.16

0.00

11,503,456.65

$2,158.65

8,545.81*

Career Academy High School

343

30.2%

6,078.56

$750.00

0.00

0.00

6,828.56

Career Academy Middle School

365

65.7%

6,389.63

$750.00

0.00

0.00

7,139.63

Success Academy Elem. School

624

71.7%

6,938.83

$750.00

0.00

0.00

7,688.83

*Includes referendum funding

South Bend schools consistently receive poor accountability grades from the Indiana Department of Education.

South Bend Community Schools Accountability Grades 2011-12 to 2017-18

No grades issued for 2018-2019

 

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15*

2015-16

2016-15

2017-18

High Schools (9-12)

Adams

C

C

C

B

B

A

A

Clay

C

C

C

C

C

C

C

Riley

C

C

C

C

C

B

Washington

D

D

D

D

C

Average on 4.0 scale

1.8

1.8

1.75

2.0

2.0

2.75

2.75

Intermediate Centers (5-8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown**

D

C

F

F

F

F

F

Clay

C

D

C

D

D

D

Dickinson

A

B

D

C

F

F

D

Edison

C

D

D

D

F

F

F

Greene**

D

F

C

F

F

F

Jackson

F

B

C

C

F

F

D

Jefferson 

B

C

A

A

D

D

C

LaSalle

A

A

A

A

B

B

B

Marshall

D

F

D

D

D

D

F

Navarre

D

F

F

F

F

F

F

Average on 4.0 scale

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.8

0.6

0.6

0.8

Primary Centers (K-4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coquillard

C

D

D

D

F

F

F

Darden

D

A

A

A

C

C

D

Hamilton

A

A

A

A

B

C

D

Harrison

F

D

F

F

F

F

D

Hay

D

C

D

D

C

C

D

Kennedy

A

A

A

A

A

C

B

Lincoln

D

C

C

C

C

D

D

Madison

F

F

F

F

F

F

Marquette

C

D

D

D

F

F

F

McKinley

C

D

C

C

D

F

D

Monroe

F

D

F

F

D

D

D

Muessel

F

C

D

D

F

F

F

Nuner

D

F

D

D

F

D

C

Perley**s

F

D

D

D

C

D

D

Swanson

D

A

C

C

C

F

F

Tarkington

A

A

A

A

C

C

A

Warren

F

A

C

C

C

D

D

Wilson

D

B

F

F

C

D

F

Average on 4.0 scale

1.3

2.2

1.66

1.66

1.38

0.88

1.11

*The Indiana General Assembly passed Senate Enrolled Act 200 to hold schools and corporations harmless for the results of the more rigorous assessment. This Hold Harmless approach for Statewide Accountability allowed schools and corporations to receive the better of either the 2013-14 grade or the 2014-15 grade.

**closed as of 2018-19.

South Bend schools need better resource management—not more of our money.

Vote NO on South Bend Community School
Corporation’s $210 million request