Hagerstown Elementary School

Hagerstown Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in Hagerstown, Indiana, part of Nettle Creek School Corporation. The school hosts 621 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 42% larger than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Across the 2 schools in Nettle Creek School Corporation (1,172 students total), Hagerstown Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Hagerstown Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Hagerstown Elementary School records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hagerstown Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.0%; this one delivers 50.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wayne County) records that median household income runs about $55,692, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hagerstown Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hagerstown Jr-Sr High School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hagerstown Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

Hagerstown Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hagerstown Elementary School has climbed 4%, going from 595 students in 2018 to 621 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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