Heritage Intermediate School

Set in Middlebury, Indiana, Heritage Intermediate School is an average-sized primary school, operated by Middlebury Community Schools. It caters to 574 students across grades 4 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 436.

Across the 7 schools in Middlebury Community Schools (4,028 students total), Heritage Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Heritage Intermediate School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Heritage Intermediate School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Elkhart County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Heritage Intermediate School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 50.6%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Elkhart County shows median household earnings sit near $68,561, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Elkhart County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), Heritage Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northridge Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Heritage Intermediate School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Heritage Intermediate School's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 723 (now 574).

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