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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000460
Cynthia Heights Elementary School
7225 Big Cynthiana Rd, Evansville, IN 47720 · (812) 435-8740 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Indiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
167 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
59.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cynthia Heights Elementary School
Cynthia Heights Elementary School's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cynthia Heights Elementary School this school | 451 | 37.0% | 52.3% |
| Covington Elementary School Covington | 447 | 36.5% | 55.1% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School Trafalgar | 459 | 36.8% | N/A |
| Bainbridge Elementary School Bainbridge | 456 | 37.7% | 45.8% |
| Lakeview Elementary School Bloomington | 408 | 38.5% | 51.4% |
| Frontier Elementary Brookston | 396 | 36.9% | 44.0% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cynthia Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #266 of 983 | #5 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #260 of 986 | #4 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #275 of 986 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #482 of 1,079 | #13 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #707 of 991 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #797 of 996 | #23 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.0% | #834 of 1,058 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #296 of 597 | #12 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
451
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 451 | 27.6 | 16.3:1 | 37% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 27.6 | 16.1:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 27 | 16.9:1 | 43% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 38% (174) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 36% (187) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 41% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 41% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 604 | 34 | 17.8:1 | 26% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cynthia Heights Elementary School.
About Cynthia Heights Elementary School
Cynthia Heights Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Evansville, Indiana. Federal data show 451 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp has a total of 38 schools and 21,589 students, Cynthia Heights Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, Cynthia Heights Elementary School is 90% White. Other groups make up 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Vanderburgh County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 15.5:1 for elementary schools in Indiana. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 37%. The rate at public schools in Vanderburgh County averages 48%, higher than here.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Cynthia Heights Elementary School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Cynthia Heights Elementary School is 3.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (52.3% versus 49.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The county, Vanderburgh County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $61,648, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Vanderburgh County has 44 public schools with about 22,423 students, including Cynthia Heights Elementary School.
Cynthia Heights Elementary School's nearest public school is Central High School (about 3.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Cynthia Heights Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 451, close to the 456 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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Vanderburgh County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,117
Census ACS
Median income
$61,648
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
22,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in Evansville
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- William Henry Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,332 students
- Francis Joseph Reitz High SchoolHigh · 1,293 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,087 students
- North Junior High SchoolMiddle · 925 students
- McCutchanville Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Central High School3.4 mi · 1,087
- Thompkins Middle School3.4 mi · 622
- Highland Elementary School3.5 mi · 814
- Stringtown Elementary School4.4 mi · 313
- Helfrich Park STEM Academy4.4 mi · 509
- Perry Heights Middle School4.5 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Cynthia Heights Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cynthia Heights Elementary School?
Cynthia Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cynthia Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cynthia Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cynthia Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cynthia Heights Elementary School is approximately 16.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cynthia Heights Elementary School?
At Cynthia Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cynthia Heights Elementary School public or private?
Cynthia Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.