Regular local school district · Wells County
Norwell Community Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Norwell Community Schools runs 4 public schools with 2,413 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 2,413
- Teachers (FTE)
- 163
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 312 N Jefferson St, Ossian, IN 46777
- Phone
- (260)622-4125
- County
- Wells County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1808220
- State district ID
- IN-8435
- Total staff (FTE)
- 291
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 302 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.8
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,446), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.6 million
- State revenue
- $16.3 million
- Local revenue
- $9.9 million
- Total spending
- $28.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,712
- Salaries
- $14.1 million49.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.8%
- State: 58.7%
- Local: 35.5%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,712
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Norwell Community Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lancaster Central School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 533 | 14.8 |
| Norwell High School | High | 9 to 12 | 753 | 15.7 |
| Norwell Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 561 | 14.0 |
| Ossian Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 566 | 15.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Wells County
- MSD Bluffton-Harrison School District 1,813 students
- Southern Wells Com Schools 880 students
More in Indiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.