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What's the most underrated thing about Emmons Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL CITY OF MISHAWAKA·NCES 180684001177
Emmons Elementary School
1306 S Main St, Mishawaka, IN 46544 · (574) 254-4600 · St. Joseph County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
181 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within School City of Mishawaka. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
22.9%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
26.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% 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 →
Schools most like Emmons Elementary School
Emmons Elementary School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmons Elementary School this school | 422 | 42.9% | 23.6% |
| Liberty Elementary School Mishawaka | 446 | 38.1% | 21.8% |
| Lasalle Elementary School Mishawaka | 519 | 43.2% | 21.9% |
| Marshall Traditional School South Bend | 400 | 46.8% | 32.2% |
| Hornet Park Elementary School Beech Grove | 461 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Edgewood Elementary School Anderson | 455 | 49.5% | 26.5% |
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 Emmons Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #804 of 983 | #23 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #795 of 986 | #22 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #798 of 986 | #25 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #552 of 1,079 | #24 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #452 of 991 | #19 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #105 of 996 | #12 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.9% | #742 of 1,058 | #25 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.2% | #572 of 597 | #24 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 2024-25Enrollment
422
-19 (-4%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 422 | 28.5 | 14.8:1 | 43% (181) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 30.5 | 15.4:1 | 80% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 28.8 | 15.1:1 | 87% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 427 | 27.5 | 15.5:1 | 85% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 407 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 86% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 85% (332) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 54% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 21 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Emmons Elementary School.
About Emmons Elementary School
Emmons Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Mishawaka, Indiana. It enrolls 422 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
Emmons Elementary School is one school in School City of Mishawaka, a system of 11 schools with 5,051 students.
White students account for 46% of enrollment at Emmons Elementary School, more than any other group. The remaining students are 24% Black, 16% multiracial, and 13% Hispanic. Among people living in St. Joseph County, the White share is about 71%. The diversity index for Emmons Elementary School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Emmons Elementary School lists 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body.
Emmons Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Compared with Indiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Emmons Elementary School scores 21.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.6%; the prediction is 45.2%.
For the population of St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across St. Joseph County, 73 public schools serve about 35,614 students.
The closest school to Emmons Elementary School is Cavemen Academy of Virtual Excellence, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Emmons Elementary School at 4th of 6.
NCES assigns Emmons Elementary School the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 19 students, from 441 to 422. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.0:1 to 14.8:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in School City of Mishawaka
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Beiger Elementary SchoolElementary · 504 students
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Fred J Hums Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Mishawaka
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Mishawaka High SchoolHigh · 1,327 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- John J Young Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Lasalle Elementary SchoolElementary · 519 students
Nearby schools
- Cavemen Academy of Virtual Excellence0.1 mi · 162
- Lasalle Elementary School1.1 mi · 519
- Oaklawn Campus Program1.1 mi · 44
- Mishawaka High School1.3 mi · 1,327
- Battell Elementary School1.4 mi · 291
- Nuner Fine Arts Academy1.6 mi · 489
Frequently asked questions
About Emmons Elementary SchoolHow large is Emmons Elementary School?
Emmons Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Emmons Elementary School serve?
Emmons Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Emmons Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Emmons Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Emmons Elementary School?
At Emmons Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 13% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees Emmons Elementary School?
Emmons Elementary School is overseen by School City of Mishawaka in St. Joseph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.