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If you had an hour of school board time for Kolling Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 540 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL CORPORATION·NCES 180545000983
Kolling Elementary School
8801 Wicker Ave, Saint John, IN 46373 · (219) 365-8577 · Lake County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
79 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 37% smaller than its 4th grade class (116).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
55.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
68.5%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Kolling Elementary School
Kolling Elementary School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kolling Elementary School this school | 529 | 14.9% | 60.5% |
| Lake Street Elementary School Crown Point | 559 | 14.7% | 70.4% |
| Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School Crown Point | 494 | 14.0% | 65.3% |
| Heavilin Elementary School Valparaiso | 479 | 18.8% | 72.8% |
| Winfield Elementary School Crown Point | 658 | 14.6% | 60.5% |
| Mohawk Trails Elementary School Carmel | 543 | 18.6% | 66.8% |
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 Kolling Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #154 of 983 | #11 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #138 of 986 | #13 of 61 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #171 of 986 | #9 of 61 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #312 of 1,079 | #25 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #432 of 991 | #17 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #497 of 996 | #47 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #1,022 of 1,058 | #66 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #162 of 597 | #13 of 39 |
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
529
-146 (-22%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 529 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 15% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 37.5 | 16.8:1 | 16% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 39.5 | 17.6:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 57 | 11.8:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 34 | 19.6:1 | 10% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 37 | 19.0:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 32 | 20.6:1 | 4% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 24 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kolling Elementary School.
About Kolling Elementary School
Kolling Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Saint John, Indiana. The school has 529 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students, which makes this school 21% bigger than average.
Lake Central School Corporation has 8,985 students in 10 schools, and Kolling Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Kolling Elementary School is White: 73%. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 55% of Lake County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
Kolling Elementary School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 15% of the student body. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Lake County, the school's rate is lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kolling Elementary School would score about 65.0%. It scores 60.5%, 4.4 points below that figure.
The school's county is Lake County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,493 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Kolling Elementary School shares Lake County with 120 other public schools.
About 0.6 miles separate Kolling Elementary School from the closest public school, Lake Central High School. The five-mile area around Kolling Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 55.7% on proficiency, and Kolling Elementary School is above that at 60.5%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 675 (2020-21) to 529 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Kolling Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
500,379
Census ACS
Median income
$71,493
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
121
74,661 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Central School Corporation
- Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 2,926 students
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
- Kahler Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Michael Grimmer Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- James H Watson Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Protsman Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
Other schools in Saint John
- Lake Central High SchoolHigh · 2,926 students
- Hal E Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,032 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Central High School0.6 mi · 2,926
- Michael Grimmer Middle School1.4 mi · 814
- James H Watson Elementary School1.4 mi · 660
- Hal E Clark Middle School1.5 mi · 1,032
- George Bibich Elementary School2.4 mi · 547
- Homan Elementary School2.6 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Kolling Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kolling Elementary School?
Kolling Elementary School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-04.
Is Kolling Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kolling Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Kolling Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Kolling Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kolling Elementary School?
At Kolling Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Kolling Elementary School public or private?
Kolling Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Central School Corporation.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.