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John H Castle Elementary School
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About John H Castle Elementary School
John H Castle Elementary School operates as a sizable K-5 school in Newburgh, Indiana, run under Warrick County School Corp. Current enrollment sits at 965 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 121% larger than the state mean of about 436.
John H Castle Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Warrick County School Corp, a district that serves 9,858 students overall.
Looking at the student body, John H Castle Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Warrick County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 18% of students at John H Castle Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Warrick County (around 36%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John H Castle Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 67.4%, a residual of +4.4 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Warrick County put the typical household earns roughly $89,844 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. John H Castle Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Warrick County (combined enrollment of about 9,858 students).
Nearest neighbor: Warrick County Preschool, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John H Castle Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.3%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. John H Castle Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 972 (now 965). White enrollment moved from 81% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.1:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.
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