Carlisle Elementary School

Located at 204 W Eaton St, in Carlisle, Indiana, Carlisle Elementary School is a small K-5 school that works with 188 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Southwest School Corporation. Enrollment runs roughly 57% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Southwest School Corporation runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,776 students. Carlisle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Carlisle Elementary School reports that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. Compared to Sullivan County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Carlisle Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Carlisle Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sullivan County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Carlisle Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.7%, the actual is 37.6%, a residual of +9.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sullivan County) records that the typical household earns roughly $56,204 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Carlisle Elementary School is one of 10 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 3,108 students).

Nearest neighbor: Carlisle Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carlisle Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carlisle Elementary School has ticked up 5%, going from 179 students in 2018 to 188 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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