Bainbridge Elementary School

Bainbridge Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in Bainbridge, Indiana, one of the schools within North Putnam Community Schools, with 456 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

North Putnam Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,370 students; Bainbridge Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bainbridge Elementary School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Bainbridge Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Putnam County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bainbridge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 45.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Putnam County put median household earnings sit near $78,378, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Bainbridge Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 7,322 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Putnam Sr High School, around 2.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bainbridge Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025.

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