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Which teacher or staff member at Joy Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MICHIGAN CITY AREA SCHOOLS·NCES 180657001150
Joy Elementary School
1600 E Coolspring Ave, Michigan City, IN 46360 · (219) 873-2090 · LaPorte County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
285 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
36.2%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Joy Elementary School
Joy Elementary School's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joy Elementary School this school | 416 | 68.5% | 31.8% |
| Irvington Community Elementary School Indianapolis | 402 | 67.9% | N/A |
| Pine Elementary School Michigan City | 396 | 73.5% | 30.3% |
| W E Wilson Elementary Jeffersonville | 518 | 66.4% | 29.6% |
| Green Valley Elementary School New Albany | 404 | 63.6% | 39.6% |
| Erskine Elementary School Anderson | 461 | 68.5% | 19.6% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Joy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In LaPorte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #684 of 983 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #660 of 986 | #17 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #582 of 986 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #570 of 1,079 | #4 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #337 of 991 | #4 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #90 of 996 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #186 of 1,058 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #224 of 353 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
416
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 7.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 416 | 29.3 | 14.2:1 | 69% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 62% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 78% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 56 | 7.2:1 | 79% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 27 | 15.8:1 | 79% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 76% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 44% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 25 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joy Elementary School.
About Joy Elementary School
Joy Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Michigan City, Indiana. It educates 416 students in pre-K through 6.
Joy Elementary School is one school in a 13-school district, Michigan City Area Schools, which enrolls 5,030 students.
Joy Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 40%. Smaller groups are 34% Black, 15% multiracial, and 11% Hispanic. County-wide, 78% of LaPorte County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Joy Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.2:1, with 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 69%. Across public schools in LaPorte County, the average is 50%.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Joy Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Joy Elementary School is 27.1%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 31.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in LaPorte County, median household income is about $71,055, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of LaPorte County number 38 and enroll about 15,515.
The nearest other public school, Little Wolves Early Learning Center, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Joy Elementary School. By average proficiency, Joy Elementary School is 2nd among 6 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Joy Elementary School had 402 students in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25, a 3% rise. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 7.2:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Joy Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
LaPorte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
111,917
Census ACS
Median income
$71,055
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
15,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Michigan City Area Schools
- Michigan City High SchoolHigh · 1,506 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Barker Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in Michigan City
- Michigan City High SchoolHigh · 1,506 students
- Knapp Elementary SchoolElementary · 407 students
- Pine Elementary SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Barker Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- Edgewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 350 students
- Lake Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
Nearby schools
- Little Wolves Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 38
- Edgewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 350
- Barker Middle School0.9 mi · 390
- Marsh Elementary School1.3 mi · 296
- Michigan City High School1.3 mi · 1,506
- A K Smith Area Career Center1.5 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Joy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joy Elementary School?
Joy Elementary School enrolls approximately 416 students in grades PK-06.
Is Joy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Joy Elementary School have?
Joy Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Joy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Joy Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 11% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Joy Elementary School in?
Joy Elementary School is part of Michigan City Area Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.