Enrollment
205
Combined
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180327002585
Elkhart Alternative Education
1013 Tipton Street, Elkhart, IN 46516 · (574)295-4903 · Elkhart County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL205 STUDENTS
·
allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 24.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
158 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 1 | 3 | 1% |
| Grade 2 | 4 | 2% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 3% |
| Grade 4 | 5 | 2% |
| Grade 6 | 5 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 8 | 4% |
| Grade 9 | 17 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 34% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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.
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
0.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
1.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 0 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 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
0.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 0% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 21% 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 →
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
205
-131 (-39%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
3.2:1
was 14.9:1
% White
33%
was 41%
% Hispanic
25%
was 23%
% Black
29%
was 26%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 205 | 63.3 | 3.2:1 | 77% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 27.3 | 6.7:1 | 76% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 41 | 6.0:1 | 64% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 336 | 22.5 | 14.9:1 | 64% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 12 | 31.6:1 | 53% (201) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elkhart Alternative Education.
About Elkhart Alternative Education
Elkhart Alternative Education is a public combined-grade school in Elkhart, Indiana. It enrolled 205 students in kindergarten through 12 for the 2023-24 school year. Statewide, combined schools in Indiana average about 531 students each.
Within Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart Alternative Education is one of 19 schools. The district enrolls 10,640 students.
Enrollment at Elkhart Alternative Education is mixed, with White students the largest group at 33%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Black, 25% Hispanic, and 12% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Elkhart County's population at about 74%. Elkhart Alternative Education has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 6.7:1, with 63.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among combined schools in Indiana, the typical ratio is 24.5:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Elkhart Alternative Education is 77%. Public schools in Elkhart County average 51%.
BeatsExpectations places Elkhart Alternative Education in the bottom 10% of Indiana schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 20.8 points below it (0.2% actual, 21.0% predicted).
Elkhart County has these Census figures: median household income is about $68,561, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Elkhart County number 60 and enroll about 33,574.
Nearest public school: Mary Beck Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Elkhart Alternative Education holds at least 8 other public schools. Elkhart Alternative Education ranks 7th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 0.2% against a local average of 24.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The number of students declined from 336 to 205 over 6 years. White enrollment as a share of the school decreased from 41% to 33%. From 2017-18 to 2023-24, the ratio fell from 14.9:1 to 3.2:1.
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Elkhart County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
207,132
Census ACS
Median income
$68,561
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
33,574 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elkhart Community Schools
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- North Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 563 students
- Roosevelt STEAM AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Pinewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in Elkhart
- Elkhart High SchoolHigh · 3,073 students
- Concord Community High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Concord Junior High SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Concord Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 756 students
- Jimtown Intermediate SchoolElementary · 580 students
- West Side Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Mary Beck Elementary School0.1 mi · 385
- Excel Center - Elkhart0.5 mi · 260
- Roosevelt STEAM Academy0.8 mi · 531
- Pierre Moran Middle School0.9 mi · 396
- Hawthorne Early Learning Center1.1 mi · 156
- Monger Elementary School1.3 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Elkhart Alternative EducationWhat is the total enrollment at Elkhart Alternative Education?
Elkhart Alternative Education enrolls approximately 205 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Elkhart Alternative Education serve?
Elkhart Alternative Education serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elkhart Alternative Education?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elkhart Alternative Education is approximately 6.7:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Elkhart Alternative Education?
Student demographics at Elkhart Alternative Education are roughly 33% White, 25% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Elkhart Alternative Education public or private?
Elkhart Alternative Education is a public K-12 school, overseen by Elkhart Community Schools.
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