Argos Community Elementary

Located at 600 Yearick Ave, in Argos, Indiana, Argos Community Elementary is a small primary school that educates 319 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Argos Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 436.

Argos Community Schools comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 639 students; Argos Community Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Argos Community Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Marshall County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Argos Community Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Argos Community Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 38.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Marshall County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,808, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marshall County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students), of which Argos Community Elementary is one.

Argos Comm Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Argos Community Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Argos Community Elementary's enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 340 (now 319). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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