Concord South Side Elementary Sch

Concord South Side Elementary Sch, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Elkhart, Indiana, run under Concord Community Schools, works with 394 students, covering grades K through 4.

Within Concord Community Schools, which oversees 7 schools and 5,212 students, Concord South Side Elementary Sch is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Concord South Side Elementary Sch logs that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Concord South Side Elementary Sch has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Elkhart County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Concord South Side Elementary Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.1%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of +7.3 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Elkhart County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Concord South Side Elementary Sch is one of 60 public schools in Elkhart County (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students).

The closest other public school is Concord Ox Bow Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Concord South Side Elementary Sch ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Concord South Side Elementary Sch's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 394). White enrollment moved from 48% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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