Albany Elementary School

Albany Elementary School, a close-knit elementary-level community in Albany, Indiana, overseen by Delaware Community School Corp, enrolls 267 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Albany Elementary School sits 39% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Delaware Community School Corp, which oversees 6 schools and 2,581 students, Albany Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Albany Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school logs 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Delaware County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Albany Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Albany Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 27.8%; this one delivers 45.0%, a residual of +17.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Delaware County shows median household income runs about $58,127, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Delaware County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students), Albany Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Delta Middle School, around 5.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Albany Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albany Elementary School has decreased 9%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 267 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 94% to 88%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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