Emmons Elementary School

Located at 1306 S Main St, in Mishawaka, Indiana, Emmons Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school that educates 422 students (grades K through 6), run under School City of Mishawaka.

School City of Mishawaka comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,051 students; Emmons Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Emmons Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 16% multiracial, 13% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Emmons Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Emmons Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.2%; Emmons Elementary School posts 23.6%, -21.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, census data for St. Joseph County shows median household income runs about $66,868, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Joseph County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,614 students), Emmons Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cavemen Academy of Virtual Excellence, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Emmons Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 427 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 59% to 46% over that span.

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