Charles Elementary School

Charles Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Richmond, Indiana, run under Richmond Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 359 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Within Richmond Community Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 4,454 students, Charles Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Charles Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 20% multiracial, 9% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Charles Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Charles Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Charles Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 62.6%, a residual of +22.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wayne County) logs that median household income runs about $55,692, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Charles Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students).

Test Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Charles Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 526 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 59% across the same window.

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