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Carlin Park Elementary School

800 N Williams St, Angola, IN 46703 · (260) 665-2014 · Steuben County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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

Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 436
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
253 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K10328%
Kindergarten5314%
Grade 13810%
Grade 24713%
Grade 34412%
Grade 43911%
Grade 54412%

This year's kindergarten class (53) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (44).

Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
27775%
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
7721%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
82%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6% · US 5%
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
Male
18851%
Female
18049%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Carlin Park Elementary School→Angola Middle School→Angola High School
Based on grade levels within MSD Steuben County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
22.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.5%
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 32 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 26% 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 Carlin Park Elementary School

Carlin Park Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Carlin Park Elementary School this school36868.8%26.5%
Oaklawn Elementary School
Monticello
32364.1%39.4%
Mollie B Hoover Elementary School
Crawfordsville
37565.6%36.8%
Meredith Nicholson Elementary Sch
Crawfordsville
37767.1%33.6%
East Elementary School
Portland
39564.8%N/A
Francis M Price Elementary School
Fort Wayne
40568.6%33.8%
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 Carlin Park Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Indiana
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
26.5%#763 of 983
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
31.5%#736 of 986
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.1%#811 of 986
Enrollment
ranked largest first
368#682 of 1,079
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.5:1#399 of 991
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
38.9%#544 of 996
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
68.8%#180 of 1,058
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+29.6%#62 of 353
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 2024-25
Enrollment
368
+102 (+38%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2536825.314.5:169% (253)
2023-2434327.812.4:173% (252)
2022-233752415.6:170% (264)
2020-212661914.0:166% (176)
2017-182841914.9:172% (205)
2015-162961915.6:173% (216)
2010-114042416.8:169% (280)
2000-016243020.8:126% (165)
1990-916213219.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlin Park Elementary School.

About Carlin Park Elementary School

Carlin Park Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in MSD Steuben County, located in Angola, Indiana. The school counted 368 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.

Carlin Park Elementary School belongs to MSD Steuben County, a district of 6 schools and 2,492 students.

About 75% of the student body at Carlin Park Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 93% of Steuben County residents are White. A diversity index of 39% means there is a 39% chance two randomly chosen students at Carlin Park Elementary School are from different groups.

On staff are 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. About 69% of students at Carlin Park Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Steuben County report 50%.

On the allk12 Grade, Carlin Park Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Indiana public elementary schools.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carlin Park Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 26.5% actual against 26.9% predicted.

The county, Steuben County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $74,911 a year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Carlin Park Elementary School, Steuben County has 9 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Hendry Park Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Carlin Park Elementary School ranks 7th in a group of 7 nearby schools.

The federal government classifies Carlin Park Elementary School's location as Town: Distant.

In 2020-21, Carlin Park Elementary School enrolled 266 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 368.

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Steuben County at a glance

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Population
34,726
Census ACS
Median income
$74,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,471 students

Quick facts

School name
Carlin Park Elementary School
District
MSD Steuben County
Address
800 N Williams St, Angola, IN 46703
Phone
(260) 665-2014
County
Steuben County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
368
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
14.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
253 (69%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
181110001799
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in MSD Steuben County
Other schools in Angola
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Frequently asked questions

About Carlin Park Elementary School
How large is Carlin Park Elementary School?
Carlin Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carlin Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carlin Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Carlin Park Elementary School have?
Carlin Park Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carlin Park Elementary School?
At Carlin Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Carlin Park Elementary School public or private?
Carlin Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Steuben County.
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