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What's the most underrated thing about Anderson Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDERSON COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180015001847
Anderson Elementary School
2035 S Raible Ave, Anderson, IN 46011 · (765) 641-2092 · Madison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
291 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
6.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
9.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School's state test result (8.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary School this school | 496 | 58.7% | 8.1% |
| Roosevelt STEAM Academy Elkhart | 531 | 56.5% | 23.7% |
| Clarence Farrington School 61 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 451 | 58.5% | 8.3% |
| Mary Daly Elementary School Elkhart | 476 | 63.9% | 10.2% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hammond | 565 | 61.2% | 13.6% |
| Mary Beck Elementary School Elkhart | 385 | 54.5% | 8.2% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #971 of 983 | #13 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #963 of 986 | #13 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #978 of 986 | #13 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #385 of 1,079 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #204 of 991 | #4 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #224 of 996 | #5 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.7% | #386 of 1,058 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #156 of 597 | #3 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
496
+78 (+19%) vs 2020
+1% since 2010-11, when it was 493
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 9.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 59% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 33.5 | 13.8:1 | 75% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 30.1 | 12.6:1 | 92% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 43 | 9.7:1 | 86% (361) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 35.5 | 17.7:1 | 96% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 96% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 82% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Elementary School.
About Anderson Elementary School
Families in Anderson, Indiana, are served by Anderson Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 496 students.
Anderson Community School Corp serves 6,181 students across 9 schools.
Anderson Elementary School's enrollment is 54% Hispanic. Other groups make up 21% Black, 18% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 5% of Madison County residents are Hispanic. Anderson Elementary School has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.4 students per teacher and 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, higher than at this school. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Anderson Elementary School would score about 34.0%. It scores 8.1%, a bottom-10% result among Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Madison County residents, median household income is about $63,037, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 32 public schools in Madison County, with a combined enrollment of about 18,227.
Edgewood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 8.1% is below the 20.5% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Anderson Elementary School as City: Small.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Anderson Elementary School went from 418 students to 496. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.7:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,900
Census ACS
Median income
$63,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anderson Community School Corp
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,768 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Tenth Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Anderson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 490 students
- Valley Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
Other schools in Anderson
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 1,768 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
- Anderson Preparatory AcademyCombined · 777 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Tenth Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Anderson Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 490 students
Other Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. Anderson Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 23.
- Anderson Elementary SchoolMadison, IN · 489 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 748 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Edgewood Elementary School1.3 mi · 455
- Excel Center - Anderson1.5 mi · 321
- Anderson Preparatory Academy1.9 mi · 777
- Anderson High School2.4 mi · 1,768
- Erskine Elementary School3.2 mi · 461
- Anderson Intermediate School3.8 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Anderson Elementary School serve?
Anderson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anderson Elementary School?
At Anderson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 54% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Anderson Elementary School public or private?
Anderson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anderson Community School Corp.
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