Jefferson Elementary School

Jefferson Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary campus in Plymouth, Indiana, run under Plymouth Community School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 240 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 45% leaner than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

Plymouth Community School Corp runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 3,168 students. Jefferson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Jefferson Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Marshall County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marshall County put median household income runs about $71,808, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Marshall County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,661 students), Jefferson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Plymouth High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 23%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 240 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.