Highland Park Elementary School

As an intimate elementary campus in Bloomington, Indiana, Highland Park Elementary School works with 336 students from grades pre-K through 6, part of Monroe County Community Sch Corp. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 23% smaller than typical.

Monroe County Community Sch Corp runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 10,480 students. Highland Park Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Highland Park Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% multiracial, 10% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Highland Park Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monroe County (around 39%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Highland Park Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.9%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of +4.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $65,868 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Monroe County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,256 students), of which Highland Park Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grandview Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Highland Park Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Highland Park Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 336). White enrollment moved from 79% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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