Glenwood Leadership Academy

Glenwood Leadership Academy is a reasonably sized elementary campus in Evansville, Indiana, run under Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp. The school teaches 436 students in grades K through 8.

Across the 38 schools in Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp (21,589 students total), Glenwood Leadership Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Glenwood Leadership Academy lists that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 24% White, 20% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Vanderburgh County as a whole is about 9% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Glenwood Leadership Academy lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Vanderburgh County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Glenwood Leadership Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 8.4%, a residual of -13.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Vanderburgh County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,648 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vanderburgh County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,423 students), Glenwood Leadership Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lodge Community School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glenwood Leadership Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 13.8%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Glenwood Leadership Academy has expanded 9%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 10% to 20%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.