How big or crowded are my school corporations buildings?
Are a school corporation’s buildings straining to hold the corporations enrollment, or are there empty classrooms waiting for students? Whether or not growing enrollment will require new construction depends in part on how close to capacity existing facilities are. Unfortunately, no statewide data are available on the capacity of school buildings. Instead, we can measure the average enrollment per building. A high enrollment per building may indicate crowding, or it may mean that the school corporation has building with large capacity. The median school corporation has 465 students per building. 42 corporations average 650 students per building or more; 50 averages 350 or less. Special education students may require smaller class sizes or added facilities. The average number of special education students per building is another measure which could indicate crowding. The median school corporation has 94 special education students per building. 47 corporations have 125 or more, while 51
