Coolspring Elementary School

Coolspring Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in Michigan City, Indiana, operated by Michigan City Area Schools, with 249 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 436.

Across the 13 schools in Michigan City Area Schools (5,030 students total), Coolspring Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Coolspring Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at Coolspring Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of LaPorte County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coolspring Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.6%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for LaPorte County put median household earnings sit near $71,055, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, LaPorte County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,515 students), of which Coolspring Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Michigan City High School, around 1.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Coolspring Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coolspring Elementary School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Coolspring Elementary School's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 302 (now 249). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 7% to 13%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Coolspring Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.