Culver Elementary School

Culver Elementary School is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Culver, Indiana, operated by Culver Community Schools Corp, with 386 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 2 schools in Culver Community Schools Corp (777 students total), Culver Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Culver Elementary School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marshall County as a whole.

On the resource side, Culver Elementary School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 61% of students at Culver Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marshall County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Culver Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.3%; this one delivers 48.6%, a residual of +16.3 points.

In the broader community, Marshall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,808 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Culver Elementary School is one of 16 public schools in Marshall County (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students).

Nearest neighbor: Culver Community Middle/High Sch, around 0.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Culver Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 24%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 386 in 2025.

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