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Best kept secret at Concord South Side Elementary Sch?
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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONCORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180240000273
Concord South Side Elementary Sch
23702 Arlene Ave, Elkhart, IN 46517 · (574) 875-6565 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
281 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 17% larger than its 4th grade class (72).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Concord South Side Elementary Sch→Concord Intermediate School→Concord Junior High School→Concord Community High School
Based on grade levels within Concord Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
38.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Concord South Side Elementary Sch
Concord South Side Elementary Sch's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord South Side Elementary Sch this school | 394 | 71.3% | 32.4% |
| William McKinley School 39 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 386 | 70.2% | 32.4% |
| Vinton Elementary School Lafayette | 387 | 74.4% | 35.8% |
| Franke Park Elementary School Fort Wayne | 416 | 72.8% | 28.8% |
| John I Meister Elementary School Hobart | 373 | 72.9% | 14.9% |
| Indian Village Elementary School Fort Wayne | 331 | 71.3% | 26.7% |
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 Concord South Side Elementary Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Elkhart County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #671 of 983 | #23 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #635 of 986 | #23 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #760 of 986 | #29 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #621 of 1,079 | #23 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #410 of 991 | #11 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #91 of 996 | #2 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.3% | #135 of 1,058 | #4 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #439 of 597 | #23 of 28 |
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
394
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 394 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 71% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 411 | 30.5 | 13.5:1 | 70% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 30.5 | 13.5:1 | 66% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 38 | 10.0:1 | 58% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 30.8 | 13.6:1 | 63% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 430 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 67% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 31% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 26 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Concord South Side Elementary Sch.
About Concord South Side Elementary Sch
Students in Elkhart, Indiana, attend Concord South Side Elementary Sch, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 394 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 4.
Concord Community Schools is the district for Concord South Side Elementary Sch. It has 7 schools and 5,212 students.
The student body at Concord South Side Elementary Sch has no majority group. White students lead at 38%. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, and 9% multiracial. Elkhart County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Indiana have an average ratio of 15.5:1. At Concord South Side Elementary Sch, 71% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in Elkhart County report 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Concord South Side Elementary Sch lands at B-, ahead of 45% of Indiana public elementary schools.
A school with Concord South Side Elementary Sch's lunch-eligibility share in Indiana is predicted to score 25.1%. Concord South Side Elementary Sch scores 32.4%, 7.3 points above that line.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Elkhart County show that the median household earns about $68,561 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Elkhart County has 60 public schools with about 33,574 students, including Concord South Side Elementary Sch.
Among nearby public schools, Concord Ox Bow Elementary School is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Concord South Side Elementary Sch ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Concord South Side Elementary Sch is Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, Concord South Side Elementary Sch enrolled 380 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 394. Federal data show the ratio rising from 10.0:1 to 14.6:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Concord South Side Elementary Sch. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Concord Community Schools
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Concord East Side Elementary SchElementary · 545 students
- Concord West Side Elem SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Concord Ox Bow Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Concord Ox Bow Elementary School0.3 mi · 431
- Concord Intermediate School0.4 mi · 756
- Concord Community High School0.5 mi · 1,727
- Concord Junior High School1.4 mi · 855
- Concord East Side Elementary Sch2.2 mi · 545
- Monger Elementary School2.5 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Concord South Side Elementary SchWhat is the total enrollment at Concord South Side Elementary Sch?
Concord South Side Elementary Sch enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-04.
Is Concord South Side Elementary Sch an elementary, middle, or high school?
Concord South Side Elementary Sch is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Concord South Side Elementary Sch have?
Concord South Side Elementary Sch employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Concord South Side Elementary Sch?
Student demographics at Concord South Side Elementary Sch are roughly 38% White, 35% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Concord South Side Elementary Sch?
Concord South Side Elementary Sch is overseen by Concord Community Schools in Elkhart County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.