Central Noble Elementary School

Central Noble Elementary School operates as a tight-knit primary school in Albion, Indiana, overseen by Central Noble Com School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 247 students spanning grades 3 through 5. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Central Noble Com School Corp comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,095 students; Central Noble Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Central Noble Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Central Noble Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Central Noble Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Central Noble Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.7%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Noble County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,723 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Central Noble Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Noble County (combined enrollment of about 6,651 students).

Central Noble Junior Senior HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Central Noble Elementary School comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Central Noble Elementary School has declined 10%, going from 275 students in 2018 to 247 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Central Noble Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.