Regular local school district · Shelby County
Shelbyville Central Schools, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Shelbyville Central Schools runs 6 public schools with 3,909 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,909
- Teachers (FTE)
- 243
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1121 E State Road 44, Shelbyville, IN 46176
- Phone
- (317)392-2505
- County
- Shelby County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1810140
- State district ID
- IN-7365
- Total staff (FTE)
- 479
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 652 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (4,030), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $48.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.4 million
- State revenue
- $28.4 million
- Local revenue
- $15.1 million
- Total spending
- $47.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,824
- Salaries
- $21.2 million44.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $36.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 58.1%
- Local: 30.8%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,824
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Shelbyville Central Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Coulston Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 428 | 12.6 |
| Golden Bear Preschool | Prekindergarten | PK | 295 | 17.4 |
| Shelbyville Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 886 | 17.7 |
| Shelbyville Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,068 | 18.1 |
| Thomas A Hendricks Elementary Sch | Elementary | K to 5 | 565 | 14.5 |
| William F Loper Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 619 | 15.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shelby County
- Northwestern Con School Corp 1,414 students
- Shelby Eastern Schools 1,292 students
- Southwestern Con Sch Shelby Co 669 students
- Excel Center - Shelbyville 131 students
- Blue River Career Programs School District 0 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.