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What's the one class at Center Grove Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
691
Elementary
DISTRICT 737 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTER GROVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180144000208
Center Grove Elementary School
2455 S Morgantown Rd, Greenwood, IN 46143 · (317) 881-1720 · Johnson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL691 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
19.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
110 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
65.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
73.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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
62.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Center Grove Elementary School
Center Grove Elementary School's state test result (62.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Grove Elementary School this school | 691 | 15.9% | 62.3% |
| Forest Dale Elementary School Carmel | 638 | 18.0% | 68.5% |
| Woodbrook Elementary School Carmel | 628 | 12.6% | 67.1% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Bargersville | 735 | 20.3% | 53.4% |
| Cherry Tree Elementary School Carmel | 711 | 12.9% | 72.2% |
| Horizon Elementary School Granger | 679 | 17.2% | 67.4% |
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 Center Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #136 of 983 | #2 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #84 of 986 | #1 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #62 of 986 | #1 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 691 | #89 of 1,079 | #6 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #936 of 991 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.3% | #599 of 996 | #16 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #1,020 of 1,058 | #24 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #247 of 597 | #5 of 14 |
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
691
-65 (-9%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 691 | 35.8 | 19.3:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 34.3 | 20.1:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 37.2 | 19.8:1 | 17% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 756 | 46 | 16.4:1 | 10% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 814 | 38 | 21.4:1 | 10% (80) |
| 2015-16 | 861 | 36 | 23.9:1 | 14% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 14% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 27 | 20.7:1 | 5% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 28 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Center Grove Elementary School.
About Center Grove Elementary School
Students in Greenwood, Indiana, attend Center Grove Elementary School, a large elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 691 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436 students, so this school is 58% larger than average.
Center Grove Community School Corp includes 9 schools. Together they enroll 9,736 students.
White students make up 80% of enrollment at Center Grove Elementary School. The remaining students are 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Center Grove Elementary School's diversity index is 34%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school has about 19.3 students per teacher and 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 3.8 above the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 16%. The rate at public schools in Johnson County averages 41%, higher than here.
Center Grove Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 67% of Indiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Center Grove Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 64.3%. Center Grove Elementary School scores 62.3%, 1.9 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Johnson County show that the median household income is $90,454, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Center Grove Elementary School is one of 40 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, Center Grove Middle School Central, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Center Grove Elementary School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 691 students in 2024-25, 65 fewer than the 756 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 19.3:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
166,315
Census ACS
Median income
$90,454
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
28,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Center Grove Community School Corp
- Center Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,956 students
- Center Grove Middle School CentralMiddle · 1,278 students
- Center Grove Middle School NorthMiddle · 1,080 students
- Sugar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 817 students
- Maple Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 739 students
Other schools in Greenwood
- Center Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,956 students
- Clark Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,690 students
- Center Grove Middle School CentralMiddle · 1,278 students
- Greenwood Community High SchHigh · 1,229 students
- Center Grove Middle School NorthMiddle · 1,080 students
- Greenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 964 students
Nearby schools
- Center Grove Middle School Central0.1 mi · 1,278
- Center Grove High School0.2 mi · 2,956
- Sugar Grove Elementary School1.9 mi · 817
- Center Grove Middle School North2.5 mi · 1,080
- Maple Grove Elementary School2.7 mi · 755
- Pleasant Grove Elementary School2.7 mi · 739
Frequently asked questions
About Center Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Center Grove Elementary School?
Center Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 691 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Center Grove Elementary School serve?
Center Grove Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Center Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Center Grove Elementary School is approximately 19.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Center Grove Elementary School?
Center Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Center Grove Elementary School in?
Center Grove Elementary School is part of Center Grove Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.