Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327000424
Bristol Elementary School
705 Indiana Ave, Bristol, IN 46507 · (574) 848-7421 · Elkhart County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
173 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 68% larger than its 6th grade class (31).
Student demographics
56%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
22.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
30.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Bristol Elementary School
Bristol Elementary School's state test result (24.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Elementary School this school | 296 | 58.4% | 24.7% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Plymouth | 240 | 59.6% | 46.1% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Goshen | 344 | 55.5% | 85.6% |
| David Turnham Education Center Dale | 299 | 52.2% | 52.8% |
| Emerson Elementary School Seymour | 257 | 56.4% | 54.3% |
| Hailmann Elementary School LaPorte | 318 | 50.3% | 46.5% |
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 Bristol Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #790 of 983 | #29 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #745 of 986 | #29 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #813 of 986 | #32 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #844 of 1,079 | #33 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #322 of 991 | #9 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #350 of 996 | #18 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #394 of 1,058 | #13 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.8% | #52 of 597 | #2 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
296
-31 (-9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 58% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 18.3 | 16.2:1 | 54% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 16.8 | 18.5:1 | 73% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 327 | 39 | 8.4:1 | 63% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 64% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 30 | 18.8:1 | 64% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 29 | 19.7:1 | 71% (406) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 30 | 17.0:1 | 40% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bristol Elementary School.
About Bristol Elementary School
Bristol Elementary School is a small elementary school in Indiana, located in Bristol. It enrolled 296 students in pre-K through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students each.
Bristol Elementary School is one of 19 schools in Elkhart Community Schools, which enrolls 10,640 students in total.
White students are the majority at Bristol Elementary School, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. The county population is about 74% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bristol Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 58%.
Bristol Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 15% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Bristol Elementary School would be expected to post about 34.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.7%.
In the county around the school, Elkhart County, the median household income is $68,561, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 60 public schools in Elkhart County, enrolling about 33,574 students in all.
The shortest distance from Bristol Elementary School to another public school is about 4.1 miles, to Eastwood Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.0%; Bristol Elementary School's is 24.7%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Bristol Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 327 in 2020-21 to 296 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (8.4:1).
The Bristol Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Bristol Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Bristol Elementary. Bristol Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Bristol ElementaryBristol, WI · 830 students
- BRISTOL ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 361 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolBristol, VT · 284 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 267 students
- Bristol Elementary SchoolBristolville, OH · 232 students
Nearby schools
- Eastwood Elementary School4.1 mi · 428
- Jefferson Elementary School4.9 mi · 344
- York Elementary School5.0 mi · 260
- Pinewood Elementary School5.2 mi · 503
- Northridge High School5.6 mi · 1,331
- Heritage Intermediate School5.8 mi · 574
Frequently asked questions
About Bristol Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bristol Elementary School?
Bristol Elementary School enrolls approximately 296 students in grades PK-06.
Is Bristol Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bristol Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Bristol Elementary School have?
Bristol Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Bristol Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bristol Elementary School are roughly 58% White, 32% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bristol Elementary School in?
Bristol Elementary School is part of Elkhart Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.