Knightstown Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in Knightstown, Indiana, Knightstown Elementary School caters to 372 students from grades pre-K through 3, run under C A Beard Memorial School Corp.

Within C A Beard Memorial School Corp, which oversees 3 schools and 1,077 students, Knightstown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Knightstown Elementary School lists that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at Knightstown Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Henry County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Knightstown Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.9%, the actual is 55.0%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Henry County put median household income runs about $63,150, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Henry County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,081 students), Knightstown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Knightstown Intermediate School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Knightstown Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 9%: 340 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 95% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

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