Adams Central Elementary School

Located at 222 W Washington St, in Monroe, Indiana, Adams Central Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that hosts 621 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Adams Central Community Schools. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Adams Central Community Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,357 students. Adams Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Adams Central Elementary School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Adams County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Adams Central Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Adams Central Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 48.7%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household earnings sit near $65,289, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Adams County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,240 students), of which Adams Central Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Adams Central Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Adams Central Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adams Central Elementary School has stayed largely flat, going from 636 students in 2018 to 621 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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