Ferdinand Elementary School

Ferdinand Elementary School is an elementary campus of close-knit scale in Ferdinand, Indiana, run under Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp, instructing 272 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 436.

Southeast Dubois Co Sch Corp runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,254 students. Ferdinand Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Ferdinand Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dubois County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ferdinand Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 65.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dubois County shows median household income runs about $75,979, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Ferdinand Elementary School is one of 17 public schools in Dubois County (combined enrollment of about 7,511 students).

Forest Park Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Ferdinand Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ferdinand Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ferdinand Elementary School has ticked down 6%, going from 289 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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