Caze Elementary School

Caze Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized primary school in Evansville, Indiana, overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 510 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 38 schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp (21,589 students total), Caze Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Caze Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 9% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Vanderburgh County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Caze Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.2%; this one delivers 13.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Vanderburgh County put median household income runs about $61,648, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Vanderburgh County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), of which Caze Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Excel Center of Evansville Southeast, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Caze Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Caze Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Caze Elementary School's enrollment has grew 20% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 510). Over the same period, the White share fell from 33% to 23%.

On the community side, the feed for Caze Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.