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- Indiana requires collective bargaining by school districts if a majority of teachers vote for union representation.
- Teachers are NEA union members.
- 1,528 teachers
Student demographics
- 30,952 students
- 65% free/reduced lunch
School district teacher count, enrollment, and demographic data is from the 2014-2015 school year sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics. Due to data issues, teacher count for districts in six states (HI, MT, NE, OH, UT, and WI) is from 2013-2014.
Fast facts
| Days in student school year: | 180 |
| Additional teacher work days: | 6 |
| Annual adjustment (reported as a percentage of change from the previous year): | Although the district does not use a salary schedule, starting salaries are specified; however, they did not increase over the prior year's starting salaries, making the annual adjustment for starting salaries 0%. |
| Starting salary: | $37,000 (while the district does not utilize a salary schedule, the starting salary for a teacher with a BA is specified) |
| Maximum salary (salary, degree, years of experience): | N/A; while the district does not utilize a salary schedule and annual salary is not based on experience, the district notes that the salary range for teachers is $37,000 - $70,000. |
| Student achievement data required for evaluation: | Student |
| Layoff criteria: | |
| Evaluations per year: | |
| Tenured | Once a year |
| Non-tenured | Once a year |
| Sick and personal days per year: | 5 days plus 80 hours (80 hours sick, 2 personal, 3 illness for immediate family) |
| Years to tenure: |  |