Arlington Elementary School

Set in Arlington, Indiana, Arlington Elementary School is a minimally staffed elementary campus, operated by Rush County Schools. It caters to 106 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 436.

Across the 5 schools in Rush County Schools (1,872 students total), Arlington Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Arlington Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest comes out to 4% multiracial. Compared to Rush County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Rush County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Arlington Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Rush County) reports that median household earnings sit near $66,473, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rush County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), Arlington Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Morristown Jr-Sr High School, around 6.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Arlington Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

Arlington Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arlington Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 46% since 2018, when it stood at 196 (now 106). Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.

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