About Clay Community Schools
Clay Community Schools is a public school system serving Clay County, Indiana, based in Brazil. It serves 3,995 students across 10 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #69 largest of Indiana’s 426 school systems.
Size and structure
Clay Community Schools enrolls 3,995 students in 10 schools — an average of about 400 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #69 of 426 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Clay Community Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,995 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Clay Community Schools employs about 286 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1 — below the Indiana average of about 15.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 650.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Indiana funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Clay Community Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Indiana reports school data through the Indiana Graduates Prepared to Succeed (GPS) dashboard — ILEARN/IREAD results, graduation and postsecondary readiness — and in 2026 finalized a redesigned A–F accountability model that first counts in 2026–27. Look up Clay Community Schools on the Indiana GPS dashboard.
Accreditation status
Indiana public districts are accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education (performance-based accreditation); a school may instead hold accreditation from a state-recognized agency such as Cognia (the former North Central Association). See the Indiana Department of Education.
Clay Community Schools vs. Indiana
See every Indiana district side by side in the Indiana directory.
Look up Clay Community Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):