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Cooperative Programs

Merrillville Community School Corp

FY 25-26 LIVE Power User · Large tier Power User · Large tier Merrillville Community School Corp · by FY 25–26 spend Power Usertop 25% of tier Active Usermiddle 50% Light Userbottom 25% Non-Adopterno spend Quartiles of Large-tier Cooperative Programs adopters by spend
ESC None
Tier Large
ADM 5,864
paymentsSpend

$986,266

Contracts/Partnerships $2,660
Buses $983,606
savingsSavings & Benefit

$31,367

Contracts/Partnerships $1,367
Buses $30,000
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.
directions_busSchool Buses

6

savings $30,000 saved

Vendor Utilization

4 of 17 categories used by Large-tier peers engaged

High 0
Occasional 4
Not yet 13
schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years
School BusesOffice SuppliesLaminatorsTechnology
add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Large-tier peers use these — consider exploring
Online MarketplaceCopy PaperChromebooksMedical SuppliesAthletic EquipmentBakery DistributorClassroom SuppliesDairy DistributorFood DistributorFurnitureIce Cream DistributorProduce DistributorSanitation System

Bus Vendors

Merrillville Community School Corp · FY 25–26 · 1 chassis vendor, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

IC/Collins $5,000 per bus
$983,606· $30,000
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

All Other Vendors

Merrillville Community School Corp · FY 25–26 · 3 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

School Specialty Office Supplies 34% off list
$2,058· $1,060
Other vendors · scaled to the largest below
GBC/ACCO Laminators 40% off list
$410· $273
B&H Photo Technology 15% off list
$193· $34
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

Merrillville Community School Corp engages with every popular category — here's what some peers use

~$33,088/yr
potential savings from 3 additional categories
  • Copy Paper
    24% of peers use · median peer spend $17,716
  • Chromebooks
    18% of peers use · median peer spend $1,538
  • Medical Supplies
    18% of peers use · median peer spend $787

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

Coop Spend vs Your Tier

CIESC Large-tier districts · FY 25–26

Total coop spend — tier ranking

Concord Community Schools
$2,961,823
Huntington Co Com Sch Corp
$1,257,214
Merrillville Community School Corp YOU
$986,266
Goshen Community Schools
$944,295
Portage Township Schools
$928,759
School City of Mishawaka
$705,930
MSD Southwest Allen County Schls
$659,152
Seymour Community Schools
$644,931
La Porte Community School Corp
$577,220
Warsaw Community Schools
$561,485
South Madison Com Sch Corp
$362,261
Duneland School Corporation
$228,189
Anderson Community School Corp
$158,810
Michigan City Area Schools
$107,497
Lafayette School Corporation
$65,917
Union School Corporation
$39,734
Muncie Community Schools
$9,963
$577,220 tier median · total coop spend

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships
$2,660 · median $107,497
#16of 17
below median
Child Nutrition
no purchases · median $0
—
not purchasing
School Buses
$983,606 · median $107,054
#2of 17
at/above median

Annual Savings

Merrillville Community School Corp · Cooperative Programs over time

Not enough history for a trend yet.

Purchases vs Savings

Spend and savings side-by-side · last 1 fiscal year· FY 25-26 excludes school-bus purchases (newly tracked this year — not in prior years)

$31,367$25,094$18,820$12,547$6,273$0$2,660$31,367FY 25-26
Purchases Savings
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