Daniel Wertz Elementary School

Daniel Wertz Elementary School operates as a cozy K-5 school in Evansville, Indiana, overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 282 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Daniel Wertz Elementary School sits 35% below that benchmark.

Daniel Wertz Elementary School is one of 38 schools operated by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, a district that enrolls 21,589 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Daniel Wertz Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Daniel Wertz Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Daniel Wertz 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, Daniel Wertz Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Vanderburgh County shows median household earnings sit near $61,648, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Vanderburgh County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), of which Daniel Wertz Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Tekoppel Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Daniel Wertz Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Daniel Wertz Elementary School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Daniel Wertz Elementary School has edged down 15%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 85% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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