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Alumni: what's one memory from Lapel Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 739 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRANKTON-LAPEL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181288002052
Lapel Elementary School
2865 S SR 13, Lapel, IN 46051 · (765) 534-3101 · Madison County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
243 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Frankton-Lapel Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
52.7%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
55.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Lapel Elementary School
Lapel Elementary School's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lapel Elementary School this school | 675 | 36.0% | 49.5% |
| Edgewood Primary School Bloomington | 652 | 37.3% | N/A |
| East Elementary School Pendleton | 687 | 39.3% | 56.5% |
| Northwestern Elementary School Kokomo | 665 | 32.3% | 52.5% |
| Eastern Elementary School Greentown | 727 | 39.9% | 46.8% |
| Fort Branch Community School Fort Branch | 577 | 32.8% | 54.9% |
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 Lapel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #314 of 983 | #4 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #324 of 986 | #4 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #200 of 986 | #1 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #102 of 1,079 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.2:1 | #931 of 991 | #13 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #894 of 996 | #14 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #849 of 1,058 | #15 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #477 of 597 | #11 of 11 |
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
675
0 (0%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 675 | 35.2 | 19.2:1 | 36% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 687 | 32.7 | 21.0:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2022-23 | 704 | 36.8 | 19.1:1 | 34% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 29% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 31 | 22.8:1 | 28% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 30 | 23.7:1 | 26% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 674 | 31 | 21.7:1 | 25% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 23 | 20.5:1 | 15% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lapel Elementary School.
About Lapel Elementary School
Lapel Elementary School is one of the public schools in Lapel, Indiana. It is a large elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 675 students enrolled. Elementary schools in Indiana have about 436 students on average; enrollment here is 55% higher.
Lapel Elementary School is one school in Frankton-Lapel Community Schools, a system of 5 schools with 3,032 students.
Lapel Elementary School is 93% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 84% White among all Madison County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
Teacher count: 35.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 19.2:1. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 36%. The average for public schools in Madison County is 52%.
On BeatsExpectations, Lapel Elementary School is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Indiana schools.
In Madison County, home to about 131,900 people, the median household earns about $63,037 a year, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Madison County number 32, with about 18,227 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lapel Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.4%; Lapel Elementary School's is 49.5%, ranking 6th of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 675 to 675, a small change. The school's ratio dropped from 21.1:1 to 19.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
131,900
Census ACS
Median income
$63,037
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
18,227 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Frankton-Lapel Community Schools
- Frankton Elementary SchoolElementary · 803 students
- Frankton Jr-Sr High SchoolHigh · 757 students
- Lapel Sr High SchoolHigh · 462 students
- Lapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 335 students
Other schools in Lapel
- Lapel Sr High SchoolHigh · 462 students
- Lapel Middle SchoolMiddle · 335 students
Nearby schools
- Lapel Middle School0.1 mi · 335
- Lapel Sr High School1.1 mi · 462
- Deer Creek Elementary5.9 mi · 613
- Maple Ridge Elementary School6.2 mi · 858
- Southeastern Elementary School6.6 mi · 773
- Edgewood Elementary School6.7 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About Lapel Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lapel Elementary School?
Lapel Elementary School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lapel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lapel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lapel Elementary School?
Approximately 19.2:1 students per teacher at Lapel Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lapel Elementary School?
At Lapel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lapel Elementary School public or private?
Lapel Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Frankton-Lapel Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.