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Elwood Intermediate School
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 27% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 89 | 22% |
School pathway
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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%.
Schools most like Elwood Intermediate School
Elwood Intermediate School's state test result (21.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood Intermediate School this school | 400 | 73.0% | 21.5% |
| Blackford Intermediate School Hartford City | 447 | 70.2% | 36.3% |
| Central Elementary School Clinton | 366 | 74.6% | 33.1% |
| O J Neighbours Elementary School Wabash | 385 | 68.1% | 35.5% |
| Butler Elementary School Butler | 366 | 68.3% | 19.5% |
| Scottsburg Elem School Scottsburg | 493 | 70.2% | 37.4% |
Where Elwood Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #825 of 983 | #10 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #811 of 986 | #10 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #868 of 986 | #12 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #602 of 1,079 | #14 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #128 of 991 | #2 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #717 of 996 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #110 of 1,058 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #316 of 597 | #8 of 11 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 400 | 31.8 | 12.6:1 | 73% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 31.5 | 13.5:1 | 71% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 31 | 13.4:1 | 57% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 60% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 76% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 69% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 69% (421) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 37 | 13.2:1 | 43% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
About Elwood Intermediate School
In Elwood, Indiana, part of Madison County, Elwood Intermediate School is an elementary school. Students in grades 3 through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 400 students.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Elwood Community School Corp totals 1,462 students.
About 87% of the student body at Elwood Intermediate School is White. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share in Madison County as a whole is similar, at about 84%. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1, with 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Elwood Intermediate School is 73%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Madison County is 52%.
The allk12 Grade for Elwood Intermediate School is C-. Compared with Indiana public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Elwood Intermediate School would score about 23.9%. It scores 21.5%, 2.4 points below that figure.
Madison County census figures show that the median household income is $63,037, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 32 public schools in Madison County, enrolling about 18,227 students in all.
The closest public school to Elwood Intermediate School is Elwood Jr-Sr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Elwood Intermediate School is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. Elwood Intermediate School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Elwood Intermediate School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Elwood Intermediate School declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 423 to 400 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.7:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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