Burris Elementary School

Burris Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school in Mitchell, Indiana, overseen by Mitchell Community Schools. The school instructs 320 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 436.

Mitchell Community Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,476 students; Burris Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Burris Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at Burris Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Burris Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

In the surrounding community, Lawrence County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,468 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Burris Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students).

Hatfield Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Burris Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Burris Elementary School has declined 13%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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