Delphi Community Elementary School

Delphi Community Elementary School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in Delphi, Indiana, one of the schools within Delphi Community School Corp, with 625 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 43% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Delphi Community Elementary School is one of 3 schools operated by Delphi Community School Corp, a district that educates 1,311 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Delphi Community Elementary School shows that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Delphi Community Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Delphi Community Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 32.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Carroll County shows median household earnings sit near $65,645, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Carroll County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,334 students), of which Delphi Community Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Delphi Community Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Delphi Community Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Delphi Community Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Delphi Community Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.