Crisman Elementary School

Crisman Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school in Portage, Indiana, one of the schools within Portage Township Schools. The school caters to 343 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 11 schools in Portage Township Schools (6,519 students total), Crisman Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Crisman Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 27% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, Crisman Elementary School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Porter County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Crisman Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Porter County) records that median household earnings sit near $87,972, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Crisman Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Porter County (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students).

Willowcreek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crisman Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Crisman Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 457 (now 343). The White share of enrollment decreased from 58% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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