Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 472 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180345000463
Dexter Elementary School
917 S Dexter Ave, Evansville, IN 47714 · (812) 476-1321 · Vanderburgh County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Indiana public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
12.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
235 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
74%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
13.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
20.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dexter Elementary School
Dexter Elementary School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dexter Elementary School this school | 384 | 61.2% | 14.8% |
| Clay International Academy South Bend | 496 | 63.1% | 17.1% |
| Pine Tree Elementary School Avon | 450 | 58.4% | 57.4% |
| Gold Academy Indianapolis | 529 | 61.4% | 22.4% |
| Knapp Elementary School Michigan City | 407 | 66.1% | 39.6% |
| Lodge Community School Evansville | 510 | 63.5% | 8.2% |
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 Dexter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vanderburgh County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #901 of 983 | #17 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #865 of 986 | #16 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #925 of 986 | #18 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #644 of 1,079 | #17 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #147 of 991 | #10 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.0% | #18 of 996 | #3 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.2% | #334 of 1,058 | #9 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #291 of 353 | #6 of 6 |
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
384
+78 (+25%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 384 | 29.8 | 12.9:1 | 61% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 33.8 | 11.1:1 | 70% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 83% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 78% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 26 | 14.4:1 | 86% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 82% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 80% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 53% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dexter Elementary School.
About Dexter Elementary School
Dexter Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Evansville, Indiana. The latest federal count shows 384 students in pre-K through 5.
Dexter Elementary School is one of 38 schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp, which enrolls 21,589 students in total.
White students form the largest group at Dexter Elementary School, 35% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 28% Black, 20% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. In Vanderburgh County overall, about 81% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Dexter Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 74%.
The school reported 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.9:1. The 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 61% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Among public schools in Vanderburgh County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
The allk12 Grade for Dexter Elementary School is D. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 5% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Dexter Elementary School posts 14.8% against a 32.2% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Indiana.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Vanderburgh County show that median household income is about $61,648, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 44 public schools in Vanderburgh County, with a combined enrollment of about 22,423.
The nearest other public school, McGary Middle School, is about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Dexter Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Dexter Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Dexter Elementary School saw enrollment rise 25% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Other Dexter Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Dexter Elementary. Dexter Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- DEXTER ELEMENTARYDEXTER, NM · 330 students
- DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDEXTER, NY · 300 students
- Dexter Elementary SchoolDexter, IA · 186 students
- Dexter ElemDexter, KS · 134 students
- Dexter Elementary SchoolTylertown, MS · 74 students
Nearby schools
- McGary Middle School0.6 mi · 295
- Hebron Elementary School1.0 mi · 726
- Washington Middle School1.0 mi · 331
- Harper Elementary School1.1 mi · 344
- Fairlawn Elementary School1.2 mi · 450
- Excel Center of Evansville Southeast1.3 mi · 158
Frequently asked questions
About Dexter Elementary SchoolHow large is Dexter Elementary School?
Dexter Elementary School enrolls approximately 384 students in grades PK-05.
Is Dexter Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dexter Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Dexter Elementary School have?
Dexter Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
How diverse is Dexter Elementary School?
Dexter Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 20% Hispanic, 28% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Dexter Elementary School?
Dexter Elementary School is overseen by Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp in Vanderburgh County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.