Concord West Side Elem School

Located at 230 W Mishawaka Rd, in Elkhart, Indiana, Concord West Side Elem School is a mid-tier elementary-level community that educates 504 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Concord Community Schools.

Concord West Side Elem School is one of 7 schools operated by Concord Community Schools, a district that hosts 5,212 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Concord West Side Elem School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 12% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Elkhart County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Concord West Side Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 16.1%; Concord West Side Elem School posts 31.6%, +15.4 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Elkhart County put the typical household earns roughly $68,561 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Elkhart County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), Concord West Side Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Premier Arts Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Concord West Side Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Concord West Side Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Concord West Side Elem School has edged down 5%, going from 528 students in 2018 to 504 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 68% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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