Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTAGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS·NCES 180915001510
Ethel R Jones Elementary School
2374 McCool Rd, Portage, IN 46368 · (219) 763-8025 · Porter County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
158 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 70 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
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ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
45.9%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Ethel R Jones Elementary School
Ethel R Jones Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethel R Jones Elementary School this school | 363 | 43.5% | 40.0% |
| George L Myers Elementary School Portage | 332 | 41.3% | 37.0% |
| Crisman Elementary School Portage | 343 | 45.2% | 34.5% |
| Southridge Elementary School Highland | 439 | 42.4% | 47.5% |
| Eastwood Elementary School Elkhart | 428 | 44.9% | 30.9% |
| Central Elementary School Portage | 409 | 48.9% | 24.7% |
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 Ethel R Jones Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #508 of 983 | #23 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #495 of 986 | #20 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #431 of 986 | #22 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #695 of 1,079 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #766 of 991 | #23 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #286 of 996 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.5% | #729 of 1,058 | #12 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #475 of 597 | #17 of 21 |
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
363
+68 (+23%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 363 | 21.5 | 16.9:1 | 44% (158) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 21.5 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 305 | 17 | 17.9:1 | 57% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 28 | 10.5:1 | 52% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 24 | 15.9:1 | 51% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 23 | 16.5:1 | 47% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 18 | 23.4:1 | 43% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 23 | 21.1:1 | 16% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 25 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ethel R Jones Elementary School.
About Ethel R Jones Elementary School
Ethel R Jones Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Portage, Indiana, under Portage Township Schools. It teaches 363 students in pre-K through 5.
The 11 schools in Portage Township Schools enroll 6,519 students altogether, Ethel R Jones Elementary School among them.
White students are 54% of those enrolled at Ethel R Jones Elementary School. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Porter County residents. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Ethel R Jones Elementary School are from different groups.
Ethel R Jones Elementary School lists 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.9 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1. About 44% of students at Ethel R Jones Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 10 points above the 34% average for public schools in Porter County.
On the allk12 Grade, Ethel R Jones Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 35% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Ethel R Jones Elementary School is 4.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.0% versus 44.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school's county is Porter County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,972, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 55 public schools in the county, enrolling about 25,813, Ethel R Jones Elementary School among them.
Ethel R Jones Elementary School is about 1.3 miles from Rowena Kyle Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Ethel R Jones Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 363, up from 295 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 10.5:1 to 16.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Porter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,818
Census ACS
Median income
$87,972
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
25,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portage Township Schools
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Other schools in Portage
- Portage High SchoolHigh · 2,163 students
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · 920 students
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
- Rowena Kyle Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Wallace Aylesworth ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- Rowena Kyle Elementary School1.3 mi · 437
- Crisman Elementary School1.8 mi · 343
- Willowcreek Middle School2.1 mi · 920
- Wallace Aylesworth Elementary2.2 mi · 401
- Portage High School2.4 mi · 2,163
- Central Elementary School2.5 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Ethel R Jones Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ethel R Jones Elementary School?
Ethel R Jones Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ethel R Jones Elementary School serve?
Ethel R Jones Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ethel R Jones Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ethel R Jones Elementary School is approximately 16.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ethel R Jones Elementary School?
At Ethel R Jones Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Ethel R Jones Elementary School public or private?
Ethel R Jones Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Portage Township Schools.
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