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Cooperative Programs

Elkhart Community Schools

FY 25-26 LIVE Active User · Major tier Active User · Major tier Elkhart Community Schools · by FY 25–26 spend Power Usertop 25% of tier Active Usermiddle 50% Light Userbottom 25% Non-Adopterno spend Quartiles of Major-tier Cooperative Programs adopters by spend
ESC NIESC
Tier Major
ADM 10,237
paymentsSpend

$201,368

Contracts/Partnerships $201,368
savingsSavings & Benefit

$107,289

Contracts/Partnerships $107,289
tuneSavings Method
Vendor Contracts off list price
Child Nutrition 10% off list
School Buses $5,000 each
Contract rates are negotiated per vendor and run 0–65%. Each vendor below shows the rate applied to it.
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savings FY data pending

Vendor Utilization

5 of 10 categories used by Major-tier peers engaged

High 0
Occasional 5
Not yet 5
schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years
FurnitureTechnologyOffice SuppliesJanitorial SuppliesClassroom Supplies
add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Major-tier peers use these — consider exploring
School BusesChromebooksOnline MarketplaceCopy PaperLaminators

All Other Vendors

Elkhart Community Schools · FY 25–26 · 8 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

KI Furniture Furniture 40% off list
$151,489· $100,993
Other vendors · scaled to the largest below
CDWG IT Technology avg 9.7% off list
$45,627· $4,896
School Specialty Office Supplies 34% off list
$2,052· $1,057
MSC Janitorial Supplies 15% off list
$1,002· $177
Lakeshore Learning Office Supplies 5% off list
$707· $37
CDWG AV Technology avg 21.7% off list
$416· $115
B&H Photo Technology 15% off list
$39· $7
Really Good Stuff Classroom Supplies est. 20% — rate pending
$36· $7
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

Services most peers use that Elkhart Community Schools doesn't

~$153,378/yr
potential savings from 3 untapped categories
  • School Buses
    46% of peers use · median peer spend $1,392,122
  • Chromebooks
    31% of peers use · median peer spend $483,515
  • Copy Paper
    15% of peers use · median peer spend $50,795

Potential savings assume this district spends at the peer median and earns standard co-op rates.

Coop Spend vs Your Tier

CIESC Major-tier districts · FY 25–26

Total coop spend — tier ranking

East Allen County Schools
$2,597,145
Brownsburg Community School Corp
$2,462,539
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
$2,260,362
Northwest Allen County Schools
$1,984,399
New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch
$1,689,960
Greater Clark County Schools
$1,390,287
Bartholomew Con School Corp
$1,305,246
Lake Central School Corporation
$804,798
Elkhart Community Schools YOU
$201,368
Monroe County Community Sch Corp
$44,804
School City of Hammond
$33,585
Warrick County School Corp
$6,356
Crown Point Community School Corp
$6,050
$1,305,246 tier median · total coop spend

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships
$201,368 · median $201,368
#7of 13
at/above median
Child Nutrition
awaiting FY-close data
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pending
School Buses
no purchases · median $0
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not purchasing

Annual Savings

Elkhart Community Schools · Cooperative Programs over time

Not enough history for a trend yet.

Purchases vs Savings

Spend and savings side-by-side · last 1 fiscal year

$201,368$161,094$120,821$80,547$40,274$0$201,368$107,289FY 25-26
Purchases Savings
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