Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School is a primary school of modestly sized scale in Lebanon, Indiana, run under Lebanon Community School Corp, instructing 339 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Lebanon Community School Corp comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,701 students; Central Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Central Elementary School reports that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Central Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 54.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,250 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Boone County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,246 students), Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lebanon Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Central Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Elementary School has fell 8%, going from 369 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.