Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch

Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch, a heavily attended elementary campus in Bluffton, Indiana, one of the schools within MSD Bluffton-Harrison, instructs 750 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch sits 72% above that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in MSD Bluffton-Harrison (1,813 students total), Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch logs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Wells County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.4%.

Across the wider county, Wells County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,957, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wells County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,106 students), of which Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bluffton-Harrison Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.5%.

Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Bluffton-Harrison Elementary Sch's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 750). The White share of enrollment contracted from 89% to 81% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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