Corydon Elementary School

Corydon Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in Corydon, Indiana, part of South Harrison Com Schools, with 644 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 48% above the state mean of about 436.

Within South Harrison Com Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 3,123 students, Corydon Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Corydon Elementary School shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Harrison County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harrison County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Corydon Elementary 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 34.1%; Corydon Elementary School posts 61.1%, +27.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Harrison County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,475 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Corydon Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Harrison County (combined enrollment of about 5,932 students).

The closest other public school is Corydon Central Jr High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Corydon Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Corydon Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

Corydon Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 635 students in 2018 compared to 644 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Corydon Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.