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Daleville Elementary School
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Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Daleville Elementary School
Daleville Elementary School is a moderately sized K-5 school in Daleville, Indiana, operated by Daleville Community Schools. The school caters to 553 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.
Daleville Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Daleville Community Schools, a district that teaches 988 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Daleville Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at Daleville Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Daleville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 38.5%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Delaware County) reports that median household income runs about $58,127, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Delaware County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,683 students), of which Daleville Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Daleville Jr-Sr High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Daleville Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Daleville Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.
Daleville Elementary School operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Daleville Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 553). White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Daleville Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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