Dollens Elementary

Dollens Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in Oolitic, Indiana, operated by North Lawrence Com Schools. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 50% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Dollens Elementary is one of 7 schools operated by North Lawrence Com Schools, a district that hosts 3,568 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dollens Elementary lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Dollens Elementary shows 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dollens Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.6%, the actual is 31.1%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Lawrence County reports that median household income runs about $66,468, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Dollens Elementary is one of 15 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 5,502 students).

Parkview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dollens Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.2%.

Dollens Elementary operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 217 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Dollens Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.