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What's something Beardsley Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000423
Beardsley Elementary School
1027 McPherson St, Elkhart, IN 46514 · (574) 262-5575 · Elkhart County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
245 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
16.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
12.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Beardsley Elementary School
Beardsley Elementary School's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beardsley Elementary School this school | 356 | 68.8% | 12.7% |
| Daniel Webster School 46 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 416 | 68.3% | 12.5% |
| Lindley Elementary School Fort Wayne | 330 | 67.6% | 28.9% |
| Fairfield Elementary School Fort Wayne | 481 | 69.6% | 15.3% |
| Mary Daly Elementary School Elkhart | 476 | 63.9% | 10.2% |
| William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 386 | 70.2% | 32.4% |
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 Beardsley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #925 of 983 | #34 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #930 of 986 | #34 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #879 of 986 | #34 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #711 of 1,079 | #28 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #573 of 991 | #16 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #101 of 996 | #5 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #178 of 1,058 | #5 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #126 of 597 | #6 of 28 |
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
356
-32 (-8%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 356 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 69% (245) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 23.5 | 16.7:1 | 74% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 73% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 33 | 11.8:1 | 69% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 461 | 24 | 19.2:1 | 86% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 78% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 23 | 17.6:1 | 88% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 72% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beardsley Elementary School.
About Beardsley Elementary School
Federal records list Beardsley Elementary School as an elementary school in Elkhart, Indiana. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 356 students.
Besides Beardsley Elementary School, Elkhart Community Schools runs 18 other schools. The district enrolls 10,640 students.
The largest group at Beardsley Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 45%. Other students are 25% Black, 21% White, and 8% multiracial. That is higher than the 20% Hispanic share among all Elkhart County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 69%.
There are 23 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.5:1. That is in line with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. On the income side, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Elkhart County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Beardsley Elementary School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Beardsley Elementary School is 14.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (12.7% versus 26.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school's county is Elkhart County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Elkhart County's 60 public schools enroll about 33,574 students and include Beardsley Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Beardsley Elementary School is closest to North Side Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 20.0% on proficiency, and Beardsley Elementary School is below that at 12.7%.
Beardsley Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 388 in 2020-21 to 356 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.5:1.
On allk12, people connected to Beardsley Elementary School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- North Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Other Beardsley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Beardsley Elementary. Beardsley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Beardsley ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 432 students
Nearby schools
- North Side Middle School0.6 mi · 563
- Excel Center - Elkhart0.9 mi · 260
- Elkhart Alternative Education1.4 mi · 205
- Riverview Elementary School1.4 mi · 439
- Mary Beck Elementary School1.5 mi · 385
- Roosevelt STEAM Academy1.9 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Beardsley Elementary SchoolHow large is Beardsley Elementary School?
Beardsley Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Beardsley Elementary School serve?
Beardsley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beardsley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beardsley Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beardsley Elementary School?
At Beardsley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 45% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Beardsley Elementary School in?
Beardsley Elementary School is part of Elkhart Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.