Greensburg Elementary

As a sprawling elementary-level community in Greensburg, Indiana, Greensburg Elementary educates 975 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Greensburg Community Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 124% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Greensburg Elementary is one of 3 schools operated by Greensburg Community Schools, a district that works with 2,025 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Greensburg Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Decatur County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Greensburg Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Decatur County indicate median household income runs about $69,783, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Greensburg Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Decatur County (combined enrollment of about 3,789 students).

Greensburg Community High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Greensburg Elementary. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Greensburg Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 3%: 946 students in 2018 compared to 975 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Greensburg Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.