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Elsie Rogers Elementary School

56219 Currant Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545 · (574) 259-5231 · St. Joseph County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of Indiana public elementary schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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

Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 436
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
147 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5515%
Kindergarten3811%
Grade 14111%
Grade 25716%
Grade 35616%
Grade 46418%
Grade 55014%

This year's kindergarten class (38) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).

Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 57% · US 70%
White
27376%
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 62% · US 43%
Hispanic
3911%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
92%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 14% · US 15%
Asian
123%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
267%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
19153%
Female
17047%

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Test scores

ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above Proficiency
English Language Arts
53.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
59.2%
IN avg 41.1%

What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Elsie Rogers Elementary School

Elsie Rogers Elementary School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Elsie Rogers Elementary School this school36140.7%53.6%
Moran Elementary School
Osceola
38942.4%54.3%
Princeton Comm Primary School
Princeton
41741.7%N/A
Newton Yost Elementary School
Porter
36240.3%60.5%
Mount Healthy Elementary School
Columbus
36546.0%27.9%
Bailly Elementary School
Chesterton
37438.2%58.9%
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 Elsie Rogers Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn IndianaIn St. Joseph County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
53.6%#252 of 983#10 of 40
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
59.2%#263 of 986#9 of 40
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
53.9%#185 of 986#9 of 40
Enrollment
ranked largest first
361#698 of 1,079#32 of 42
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
16.8:1#757 of 991#28 of 39
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
40.9%#522 of 996#31 of 39
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
40.7%#778 of 1,058#28 of 41
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-0.6%#583 of 597#26 of 26
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 2024-25
Enrollment
361
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 21.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2536121.516.8:141% (147)
2023-2439320.319.3:137% (147)
2022-2338618.520.9:141% (160)
2020-213441621.5:128% (97)
2017-1836314.425.1:139% (143)
2015-163291325.3:148% (159)
2010-112731419.5:137% (100)
2000-013231521.5:121% (68)
1990-914212120.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elsie Rogers Elementary School.

About Elsie Rogers Elementary School

Elsie Rogers Elementary School is an elementary school in Mishawaka, Indiana, and it is part of Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp. The latest federal count shows 361 students in pre-K through 5.

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp has 11,329 students in 15 schools, and Elsie Rogers Elementary School is one of those schools.

White students account for 76% of enrollment at Elsie Rogers Elementary School. Other students are 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. By the diversity index, Elsie Rogers Elementary School comes in at 41%.

Elsie Rogers Elementary School's 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.8:1. That ratio is over the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 41%.

The allk12 Grade for Elsie Rogers Elementary School is B+. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 74% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Elsie Rogers Elementary School is +6.8 points: 53.6% actual, 46.7% predicted.

Elsie Rogers Elementary School is located in St. Joseph County, where median household income is about $66,868, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Elsie Rogers Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in St. Joseph County, which together enroll about 35,614 students.

Nearest public school: Schmucker Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Elsie Rogers Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Elsie Rogers Elementary School at 3rd of 7.

The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 344 to 361. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 21.5:1 to 16.8:1.

Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

St. Joseph County at a glance

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Population
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students

Quick facts

School name
Elsie Rogers Elementary School
District
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Address
56219 Currant Rd, Mishawaka, IN 46545
Phone
(574) 259-5231
County
St. Joseph County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
361
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
16.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
147 (41%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
180876001443
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
Other schools in Mishawaka
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Frequently asked questions

About Elsie Rogers Elementary School
How many students attend Elsie Rogers Elementary School?
Elsie Rogers Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Elsie Rogers Elementary School serve?
Elsie Rogers Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Elsie Rogers Elementary School have?
Elsie Rogers Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
How diverse is Elsie Rogers Elementary School?
Elsie Rogers Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Elsie Rogers Elementary School?
Elsie Rogers Elementary School is overseen by Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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