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Henryville Elementary School
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyWhat this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
About Henryville Elementary School
Located at 215 N Ferguson St, in Henryville, Indiana, Henryville Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school that enrolls 611 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Borden-Henryville School Corporation. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 40% above typical.
Borden-Henryville School Corporation runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,733 students. Henryville Elementary School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Henryville Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Beyond that, the school records 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Henryville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.8%, the actual is 31.7%, a residual of -14.1 points.
In the surrounding community, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,214 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Clark County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), Henryville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Henryville Jr & Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henryville Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 40.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Clark County at a glance
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