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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CROWN POINT COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180249000295
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School
1450 S Main St, Crown Point, IN 46307 · (219) 663-8800 · Lake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
69 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 19 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
59.5%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
77.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
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 Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School this school | 494 | 14.0% | 65.3% |
| Kolling Elementary School Saint John | 529 | 14.9% | 60.5% |
| Lake Street Elementary School Crown Point | 559 | 14.7% | 70.4% |
| Heavilin Elementary School Valparaiso | 479 | 18.8% | 72.8% |
| Stonegate Elementary Zionsville | 462 | 10.6% | 68.2% |
| Mohawk Trails Elementary School Carmel | 543 | 18.6% | 66.8% |
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 Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #101 of 983 | #7 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #57 of 986 | #5 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #119 of 986 | #5 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #394 of 1,079 | #31 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #783 of 991 | #41 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.1% | #520 of 996 | #51 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #1,028 of 1,058 | #69 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #194 of 597 | #17 of 39 |
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
494
-119 (-19%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 494 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 554 | 29.9 | 18.5:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 644 | 35.8 | 18.0:1 | 20% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 36 | 16.8:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 26 | 19.1:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 290 | 14 | 20.7:1 | 12% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 360 | 17 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School.
About Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School
Families in Crown Point, Indiana, are served by Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 494 students covers pre-K through 5.
Crown Point Community School Corp has 9,147 students spread across 10 schools.
White students make up a majority at Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School, at 74%. Other students are 19% Hispanic and 4% Asian. That is higher than the 55% White share among all Lake County residents. The school's diversity index is 41%, meaning two students picked at random have a 41% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Indiana have 15.5:1, compared with 17.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 14%. That is lower than the 47% average for public schools in Lake County.
The model predicts 65.7% for a school in Indiana with Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School posts 65.3%.
Census estimates describe Lake County this way: the median household income is $71,493, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Lake County has 121 public schools and roughly 74,661 students.
The closest public school, Crown Point High School, is about 0.3 miles from Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School had 613 students, to 2024-25, when it had 494. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 17.0:1, from 15.7:1.
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Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Crown Point Community School Corp
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Other schools in Crown Point
- Crown Point High SchoolHigh · 3,038 students
- Robert Taft Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,067 students
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,061 students
- Winfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Timothy Ball Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
Other Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary. Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary SchoolGRAND PRAIRIE, TX · 623 students
- Dwight D Eisenhower ElementaryVANCOUVER, WA · 386 students
- Dwight D Eisenhower Elementary SchoolProspect Heights, IL · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Crown Point High School0.3 mi · 3,038
- Robert Taft Middle School0.5 mi · 1,067
- Solon Robinson Elementary School1.0 mi · 516
- Lake Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 559
- Colonel John Wheeler Middle School1.7 mi · 1,061
- Timothy Ball Elementary School2.6 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Dwight D Eisenhower Elem SchoolHow many students attend Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School?
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School serve?
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School is approximately 17.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School?
At Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School in?
Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School is part of Crown Point Community School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.