Crestdale Elementary School

Crestdale Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community in Richmond, Indiana, one of the schools within Richmond Community Schools. The school caters to 373 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Richmond Community Schools runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 4,454 students. Crestdale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Crestdale Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 16% multiracial, 8% Black, 7% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Crestdale Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.7%; this one delivers 37.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that the typical household earns roughly $55,692 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Wayne County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), of which Crestdale Elementary School is one.

Fairview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Crestdale Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 379 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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