Blue River Valley Elementary Sch

Blue River Valley Elementary Sch is one of the low-enrollment elementary campuss in New Castle, Indiana, run under Blue River Valley Schools, with 331 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Blue River Valley Elementary Sch sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Blue River Valley Schools runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 620 students. Blue River Valley Elementary Sch is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Blue River Valley Elementary Sch shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Henry County as a whole.

On the resource side, Blue River Valley Elementary Sch lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Blue River Valley Elementary Sch tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Blue River Valley Elementary Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Henry County indicate median household income runs about $63,150, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henry County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,081 students), of which Blue River Valley Elementary Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Blue River Valley Jr-Sr High Sch, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Blue River Valley Elementary Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Blue River Valley Elementary Sch ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 391 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 96% to 89%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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