Golden Bear Preschool

Golden Bear Preschool serves students in Shelbyville, Indiana, as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school has 295 students in 2024-25 across pre-K. That compares with an average of about 436 students for elementary schools in Indiana.

Shelbyville Central Schools has 3,912 students in 7 schools, and Golden Bear Preschool is one of those schools.

Federal enrollment data show Golden Bear Preschool is 78% White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Shelby County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 36, compared with 70 nationally.

The school has 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.2 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1, 1.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Golden Bear Preschool, 34% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 45% average for public schools in Shelby County.

In the surrounding county, Shelby County, median household income comes to about $72,190, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 18 public schools and about 7,418 students.

William F Loper Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Golden Bear Preschool, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 7.

Locale: Town: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 294 in 2020-21, 295 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 98.0:1 to 17.2:1.

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